Framework · 50:01
// THE QUOTE
“That might happen in five years, ten years, and my question is why”
— Mark MacDonald · Electric Avenue Manufacturing Inc.
The 60-year-building-lifecycle argument for installing EV infrastructure now; clean setup and payoff, the counter to the prior objection.
Full episode at 50:01EV Charging in Atlantic Canada: How Developers Get 50% Government Grants (Electric Avenue founder Mark McDonald) ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Selling EV charging to multi-res developers at 99.9% occupancy requires a 60-year building lifecycle argument, not just current ROI — the building being built today will need EV infrastructure well before it’s retired.
“you're dealing with a building that's a product that has a 60-year life cycle”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
The case to developers: funding urgency and the 60-year building lifecycle
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