About EVD2.ca
Last updated: April 2026
EVD2.ca tracks every electric vehicle available or coming to Canada. News, government data, pricing, incentives, recalls: all pulled together so you can actually make sense of the Canadian EV landscape.
The idea is straightforward: follow any EV in Canada and get everything that changes about it. Shopping for your first electric vehicle? Watching the Chinese EVs arriving under the new tariff deal? Trying to figure out which province has the best rebate? That's what EVD2 is for.
Built by
Colin Smillie
Founder & Developer
Colin builds tools that make Canadian public information easier to find and use. His work covers AI-powered municipal services, open data platforms, and now electric vehicle tracking. EVD2 grew out of his own frustration researching EVs for a personal purchase, and a hunch that other Canadians were running into the same problem.
What We Do
EVD2 monitors Canadian EV news sources, government databases, and manufacturer announcements automatically. Every vehicle gets its own profile page with specs, Canadian pricing, related news, and links to official sources.
You can follow specific vehicles and get updates when something changes: a price drop, a new government incentive, a recall, a Canadian launch date. The goal is to be the one place you need to check when researching EVs in Canada.
We cover the full range: battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), and fuel cell vehicles (FCEVs). That includes established manufacturers and the Chinese EVs now entering Canada under the 6.1% tariff framework.
By the Numbers
How It Works
We monitor RSS feeds from Canadian automotive news sources, government sites, and EV-focused publications every 30 minutes for new content.
Articles are automatically matched to vehicles in our database using keyword analysis and entity extraction, linking news to the EVs it covers.
Vehicle data is maintained from manufacturer specs, NRCan data, and Transport Canada records. Government incentives are monitored by province.
Follow any vehicle and get email digests when news breaks. Choose daily or weekly frequency. CASL-compliant with one-click unsubscribe.
Technology
EVD2 is built with Next.js, React, MySQL, and Redis. Article ingestion runs as a separate worker service using BullMQ. The whole thing is designed for VPS deployment with no cloud vendor lock-in.
When AI-generated summaries are available, they're clearly labelled and powered by Anthropic's Claude. AI content is always marked. We never store full article text. We link to the original source.
An Idea Warehouse Project
EVD2 is an Idea Warehouse project. Idea Warehouse is a Canadian studio that builds practical tools to make public information more useful. Other projects include AI-powered municipal services and open data platforms.
Disclaimer
EVD2.ca is an independent project. Vehicle specs, pricing, and incentive details come from public sources and may not always be current. Always check with the manufacturer or the relevant government program before making a purchase decision.
EVD2 has no affiliation with any vehicle manufacturer, dealership, or government agency. Vehicle images come from manufacturer press kits and Wikimedia Commons under editorial use and Creative Commons licenses.