A recap of breaking news and highlights from the final day of Electric Autonomy’s 2025 EV & Charging Expo in Toronto

Another successful EV & Charging Expo has wrapped following two days packed with knowledge-sharing, networking and EV experiences.

The day began with an energizing offsite Women in EVs breakfast organized and hosted by Charlotte Argue, senior manager for sustainable mobility at Geotab, with attendees from across Canada.

Then, inside the conference, if the unofficial theme of day one was “the challenges and opportunities of fleet charging,” day two was “EV chargers in multi-family residences.”

Mark Marmer, owner and founder of Signature Electric, says the goal for multi-family residences is simple: “As many chargers as possible, using as little electricity as possible.”

In his EV charging for condos and strata: Making sense of the tech, costs and contracts presentation Marmer identified three key criteria:

• The solution should be fair and equitable for all residents,
• It should incorporate a hands-off billing procedure, and
• It should factor in load management to optimize the service.

The Charging up older buildings: Smart solutions for EV charging in multifamily properties panel, heard advice about the need for a strategic approach that considers everything from port location to vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-building capabilities.

“Don’t give into the first resident and let them do their own thing. Have the conversation before the first person calls and says, ‘I bought an EV and I need charging.’”

Thomas Martin, director of sales engineering at SWTCH Energy

Punctuating the focus on multi-family residences was a glimpse behind the curtain at BRP’s strategy to electrify its line up of off-road vehicles. Marco Chown Oved (left below), climate reporter for the Toronto Star, sat down with Thomas Uhr, chief technology officer at BRP.

“We said from the beginning, [Can-Am motorcycles] will be 100 per cent electric, and we are 100 per cent electric… We are waiting for consumer reaction. If consumers are reacting very positively, we will accelerate. The market is our is our leader.”

Thomas Uhr, chief technology officer at BRP

Finally, the Legal rights & policies for EV charging in condos and strata panel was a must-attend for stakeholders. This talk addressed the need for governments to revise building codes to be in alignment with right to charge legislation.

Travis Allan, counsel for Gilbert’s Global, says, “The hope for the industry is that we can take this innovation and create a national building code or a series of provincial codes. Unfortunately, this has not happened — there’s lots of work still to do.”

This statement captured the spirit across both days of the EV & Charging Expo:

There is a whole lot of will and a whole lot of work ahead.