2025 EV & Charging Expo: Encompassing Electric Mobility
May 14-15 saw Electric Autonomy host the third annual EV & Charging Expo in Toronto. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
Electric Autonomy founder and President Nino Di Cara addresses attendees at the event on May 14. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
GM Envolve team pose for a group photo with the Chevrolet BrightDrop EV delivery van (L-R) Kara Klemp, Peter Cornu, Adil Chothia, Tammi Hughes, Gregory Balmer, Craig Campbell, Sham Ahluwalia, Nathalie Johnson and Edward Shire. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
Toronto Fire brought along this fire truck, which might look conventional on the outside… | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
…but is an extended range electric vehicle, with a diesel generator. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
Sessions ran over the course of two days. This one was entitled Affordable Design: Aligning Climate, Housing and Mobility Policy. Pictured are (L-R) Joanna Kyriazis, Director, Public Affairs, Clean Energy Canada; James Nowlan, Executive Director, Environment Canada and Forestry Division, City of Toronto; Julia McNally Director, Climate Action, Toronto Hydro and Scott MacWilliam, founder & CEO, Kite Mobility. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
At the Hyundai Canada display, we caught up with (L-R) Nora Liang, Zohair Ahmed and Abdul Pugganwala. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
Generating a lot of attention on the show floor was the Volkswagen iD Buzz. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
On hand to answer questions about Kia’s range of EVs were (L-R) Carolina Romero, Kevin Yeoh and Deepali Bhatia. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
At the Ford Pro display we had an opportunity to chat with April Brown (left) and Kevy Stephen. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
In front of the swoopy Dodge Charger Daytona at the Stellantis display are Sean Cress (left) and Bernie Moorcroft. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
UAP (NAPA) hosted a number of sessions at its Workshop Stage during the show. This one, EV Repairs in the Real World, was hugely insightful with Yves Racette (left) and Andrew Ackers providing some fascinating information regarding real world repair methods and costs for EVs. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
Rizon brought some examples of its cabover, electric middle-weight trucks to the event. Pictured with one of them are (L-R) Kris Abouzeki, Antonio Racioppo, Marie Claude Gohier and Walt Skoblikoskyj. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
Representing Polara EV Charging Solutions were Matthieu Babef (left) and Renan Gervais. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
Foot traffic was brisk and many of the displays drew a lot of interest among the attendees. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
Proper surge protection and load management is critical to successful EV charging and PSP Products had just the range of solutions needed. Pictured are Bill Ross (left) and Marissa Ricci. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
If you can’t get to an EV charger, why not have the charger come to you? That’s the concept behind CAFU’s charging solution, as David Abu Yousuf explained to us at the EV & Charging Expo. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
Providing a real Canadian country atmosphere at the show, were the team from Lake Country Charging Solutions in Muskoka (L-R) Peter Ewald, Alec McCrindle, Karen Raaflaub, Majorie MacDonald and Franck Nunes. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
Siemens Canada had a prominent charging display at the show and there we got the team to pose for a group photo (L-R) Sharif Ahmed, David Bellitto, Meherzad Engineer, Alina Khasanova, Ray Little, Imran Hussain, Farhad Nagarwala, Hormuz Javat and ,#Teresita Kovacs. | Photo Credit : Huw Evans
Vehicles, infrastructure, education and real-world observations were key themes.
On May 14-15, the 2025 EV & Charging Expo took place in Toronto, hosted by Electric Autonomy. The expansive Enercare Centre at Exhibition Place, west of downtown was the venue, and here, attendees got the opportunity to visit a whole host of vendors offering products and services within the EV realm-everything from vehicles, to charging infrastructure, data management and telematics, as well as upfitting solutions, safety and maintenance equipment and training. Additionally, there were numerous information sessions, covering topics as far ranging as aligning climate, housing and mobility, to electric vocational trucks and plug-in hybrids, to carbon credits and training on servicing and repairing EVs. There was also an on-site test drive program, which enabled attendees to sign up and take a selection of vehicles including electric vans and SUVs for a spin in the local area to get an on-the-road experience.
Nino Di Cara, founder and President of Electric Autonomy welcomed attendees to the event, which represented the third such EV & Charging Expo hosted right here in Canada. Di Cara stressed the importance of collaboration within the EV space, including charging infrastructure network and equipment providers, to OEMs, to fleet management and telematics, as well upfitters, and operators themselves, including public and private fleets, as well as retail customers.
Attendees were encouraged to download the specific EV & Charging Expo app, which allowed them to navigate through the show, attend the sessions that appealed to them and schedule meetings with the various vendors and stakeholders. During Fleet & Mobility’s time attending the event, it proved to be busy and brisk, with lots to see, learn about as well as having the opportunity to take advantage of some great networking opportunities. Here’s a selection of what he found this year. For more details on the event, visit evoandchargingexpo.com.
