Edison Motors' CRAZIEST Year Yet: Building Trucks, Test Tracks, and a New Shop in Donald!

We look back at the monumental year of 2025! From acquiring the historic town site of Donald, BC, to breaking ground on our new 30,000 sq ft production warehouse and completing our 3.5 km test track, this year has been transformative. What We Covered: Relocation and Infrastructure: The challenging move from Merritt to Donald and the immense effort to set up utilities and employee housing. Manufacturing and Projects: Getting back to manufacturing in June after a 4-month relocation delay, building the Royal Truck as a mechanical unit, and the successful "Robot Heart" Burning Man bus project, powered by our pickup retrofit kit. Compliance and Testing: Passing an IFRS audit, securing the Environment Climate Change Canada National Emissions Mark, and starting preliminary CMVS testing on our new test track. The Hybrid Hurdle: Addressing the delay in hybrid kit approval for highway use and receiving approval to build a mechanical truck with a Cummins X-15. Eric Little testified in Ottawa, and we are hopeful for hybrid exemptions in 2026. Pickup Development: Delivering the Toyota Land Cruiser for two months of harsh testing in Reno, Nevada, and preparing the Ram for its 2026 testing phase. 2026 Goals: Our roadmap includes completing the new shop by June 2026, finalizing CMVS testing, and transitioning to trial production to become profitable Thank you for following our journey. Stay tuned for an even bigger 2026! Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUEzfzqf2fx3C1vs0MlgShA/join 0:00 - Intro 0:13 - January: Acquired the Donald town site 1:00 - March: Invited to the Juno Awards 1:14 - April: Relocation started in Alberta 1:38 - Team expansion and staff relocation challenges 1:50 - Employee accommodation 2:14 - Setting up utilities 2:39 - May: Shop restoration project started 3:09 - June: Emcon and undisclosed chassis moved to Donald 3:32 - June: Go-Kart Challenge 4:10 - Hiring members from the winning Golden Go-Kart team 4:22 - Accounting: Eric Little passed an IFRS audit 4:56 - Obtained ECCC National Emissions Mark 5:20 - Hybrid kit delay: not approved for highway use 5:33 - Approval to build a mechanical truck with a Cummins X-15 6:09 - Fall: Test track completed 6:52 - Involvement with the local Golden community 7:32 - September: Erection of the new shop started 7:55 - Fall: Displayed the undisclosed truck and EMCON snowplow at the Fully Charged Show 8:18 - Cab-over delivered to the undisclosed rig-up place in Winnipeg 8:40 - Pickup side: Delivered Toyota Land Cruiser to the first customer 9:48 - Burning Man bus project (Robot Heart) 10:50 - Emcon snowplow update 11:45 - Royal Truck is becoming a mechanical truck 13:51 - Mechanical truck timeline 14:07 - Goals for 2026 15:52 - Pickup side development 16:32 - Summary