Auto Guide;

According to a new report from Reuters, GM idled operations at its Factory ZERO plant in Michigan in mid-March, with the automaker now deciding to extend the timeout until April 13 as sales of large electric trucks and SUVs fall short of expectations. The move temporarily affects approximately 1,300 jobs.

Factory ZERO builds most of GM’s highest-profile electric models, including the GMC Hummer EV, Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC Sierra EV, and Cadillac Escalade IQ. However, the plant has been subject to multiple pauses over the past year as demand for large, high-priced EVs has melted. GM had already reduced the plant’s forecasted output by roughly half earlier this year.

Saskatoon;

A faulty e-bike battery caused Friday night’s blaze in Saskatoon’s North Industrial area, a fire investigator has determined.

The blaze caused an estimated $1.5 million in damage at the Bolt Mobile/Battery Boys location. It started at about 10 p.m., and it took firefighters more than 16 hours to extinguish all the hot spots.

This would be a big deal had they not already been conquered: Defence officials have, for years, tried to block wind farm projects over concerns they can leave the country blind to attacks

The military is preparing to spend £95m upgrading Britain’s air defence radar network in an effort to stop interference from offshore wind farms.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero confirmed that new radar technology would be in place by 2029, paving the way for up to 10GW of offshore wind developments to be built across the coastline.

For years, defence officials have tried to block a series of wind farm projects because of concerns that turbines can cloud Britain’s radar defences and make it harder for the Royal Air Force to identify potential threats.

A funny thing happened when the subsidies dried up.

Data from S&P Global Mobility shared by Auto News show that 59,802 new EVs were registered in January, a massive 41 percent drop from a year earlier. Out of nearly 1.2 million vehicles registered that month, that leaves fully electric models with just a 5.1 percent share of the market, down from 8.3 percent a year earlier.

Regina transit initiated an evacuation and emergency shut down of a $1.8M electric bus after it started smoking. pic.twitter.com/eZEhWsxOg5

— Just Bins (@JustBins) March 13, 2026

Even in the UK;

New car registrations in February were the highest in more than 20 years but the take-up of electric vehicles is stuck in the slow lane.

More than 90,000 new cars were registered last month, the highest number for the month of February since 2004.

But the market share of new electric cars shrank for the second consecutive month.

More: The latest sales data from @SPGMobility confirms that ZEV sales collapsed in 🇨🇦 last year, decreasing by 32%.

First rule of prairie climate: the wind don’t blow when it’s cold. It’s -26C in Calgary this morning, -28C in Edmonton.

At this moment, 19-Feb-2026 @ 06:59, 92.1% of Alberta's electricity is being produced by fossil fuels. Wind is at 1.9% of capacity and producing 1.0% of total generation, while solar is at 2.6% of capacity and producing 0.4% of total generation. At the same time, we are importing… pic.twitter.com/GtOTuuPFnq

— Reliable AB Energy (@ReliableAB) February 19, 2026