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'General Motors hiring Canadian university students to transition to
electric, self-driving cars'
https://globalnews.ca/news/4713170/calgary-used-electric-car-dealership/
Gil Tucker
[video
https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/1384285763665/?jwsource=cl
WATCH: It’s a tough choice so many Albertans are facing these days: laid off
from the energy industry, wondering what comes next. For one Calgary man, it
means a real career change, down a new path away from oil and gas. Gil
Tucker reports
]
Since he was a boy, Jim Steil has always enjoyed working with his hands and
making things.
Now the talents he’s picked up are leading him in a new career direction,
away from oil and gas toward more reliance on electric power.
“I’ve been a tinkerer my whole life,” Steil said. “When I was 15 years old I
had my own little business in the garage and we were fixing bicycles.”
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- Gas prices pinching your wallet? Here’s how much you could save with an
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After going on to study engineering, Steil decided to become a high school
teacher — a job that led to a lot of international adventures.
“For 10 years I travelled around the world,” Steil said. “I taught in school
in Australia, Hawaii, England, Ireland.”
READ MORE: Calgary filmmaker’s story of layoffs in energy industry hits
close to home []
Returning to Calgary, he spent 15 years in the energy industry.
“I drilled about 300 oil wells all over Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C.,”
Steil said. “And then one day I got laid off, so I decided to start a
business.”
It’s led to him opening Alberta’s first used electric car dealership,
GoElectric, in southwest Calgary.
“We are the only guys between Vancouver and Nova Scotia… actually doing
this,” Steil said.
Setting out to build up his fleet of vehicles, he discovered that importing
used ones from California makes the most business sense.
“Down there, bless their hearts, they have a $10,000 USD incentive on
electric cars,” Steil said. “So that drops the price on used electric cars
also down about $10,000 USD — like a lot of money.”
READ MORE: The latest and best electric cars you can buy right now [
https://globalnews.ca/video/4492017/the-latest-and-best-electric-cars-you-can-buy-right-now
]
GoElectric also converts clients’ conventional vehicles to electric and
hopes to soon be helping others complete do-it-yourself conversion projects.
“We’re going to set up a workshop,” Steil said. “So that people can covert
their own cars and turn them into electric cars.”
[© globalnews.ca 2018 Global News]
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electric, self-driving cars'
https://globalnews.ca/news/4713170/calgary-used-electric-car-dealership/
Gil Tucker
[video
https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/1384285763665/?jwsource=cl
WATCH: It’s a tough choice so many Albertans are facing these days: laid off
from the energy industry, wondering what comes next. For one Calgary man, it
means a real career change, down a new path away from oil and gas. Gil
Tucker reports
]
Since he was a boy, Jim Steil has always enjoyed working with his hands and
making things.
Now the talents he’s picked up are leading him in a new career direction,
away from oil and gas toward more reliance on electric power.
“I’ve been a tinkerer my whole life,” Steil said. “When I was 15 years old I
had my own little business in the garage and we were fixing bicycles.”
Related
- General Motors hiring Canadian university students to transition to
electric, self-driving cars: executive [
https://globalnews.ca/video/4699480/general-motors-hiring-canadian-university-students-to-transition-to-electric-self-driving-cars-executive
]
- Gas prices pinching your wallet? Here’s how much you could save with an
electric car [
https://globalnews.ca/news/4192274/electric-car-pros-and-cons-canada/
]
- Reality check: Are electric cars cheaper to own than gas-powered cars? [
https://globalnews.ca/news/3899054/reality-check-electric-cars-cheaper/
]
After going on to study engineering, Steil decided to become a high school
teacher — a job that led to a lot of international adventures.
“For 10 years I travelled around the world,” Steil said. “I taught in school
in Australia, Hawaii, England, Ireland.”
READ MORE: Calgary filmmaker’s story of layoffs in energy industry hits
close to home []
Returning to Calgary, he spent 15 years in the energy industry.
“I drilled about 300 oil wells all over Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C.,”
Steil said. “And then one day I got laid off, so I decided to start a
business.”
It’s led to him opening Alberta’s first used electric car dealership,
GoElectric, in southwest Calgary.
“We are the only guys between Vancouver and Nova Scotia… actually doing
this,” Steil said.
Setting out to build up his fleet of vehicles, he discovered that importing
used ones from California makes the most business sense.
“Down there, bless their hearts, they have a $10,000 USD incentive on
electric cars,” Steil said. “So that drops the price on used electric cars
also down about $10,000 USD — like a lot of money.”
READ MORE: The latest and best electric cars you can buy right now [
https://globalnews.ca/video/4492017/the-latest-and-best-electric-cars-you-can-buy-right-now
]
GoElectric also converts clients’ conventional vehicles to electric and
hopes to soon be helping others complete do-it-yourself conversion projects.
“We’re going to set up a workshop,” Steil said. “So that people can covert
their own cars and turn them into electric cars.”
[© globalnews.ca 2018 Global News]
...
https://goelectriccalgary.com/about/
GoElectric began as a crazy idea hatched in the mind of a laid-off Engineer:
To convert gas-guzzling Classic Cars into smooth-driving, powerful, modern,
electric ...
+
https://www.electricvehiclesresearch.com/articles/16010/worlds-first-fully-autonomous-ferry-demonstrated
World's first fully autonomous Ferry demonstrated
2018-12-07 The car ferry Falco used a combination of ... autonomous
operation tests in Turku archipelago, Rolls-Royce has so far clocked close
to 400 hours of sea trials ...
Loading Image...
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