Motor Mouth with David Booth

Host David Booth is joined by a distinguished panel to discuss traffic congestion and some of the ways it could be improved. Guests are Baher Abdulhai, an engineering professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, CAA’s senior director of public affairs, Kristine D’Arbelles, SNC-Lavalin Canadian VP & Practice Lead for Civil Engineering Services Sabrina Martineau and Omar Choudhry, Transportation System Management Project Lead at City of Ottawa.

In news that severely rankled environmentalists, the E.U. voted to extend the life of internal-combustion engines past Europe’s much-ballyhooed 2035 deadline on the sale of fossil-fueled cars. Closer to home, power providers are warning that the surfeit of clean, green electricity we Canadians take for granted will be severely challenged by our rush to electric cars. Host David Booth discusses the issue with Stephen Beatty of Toyota Canada Inc., Francis Bradley of Electricity Canada, Daniel Breton

In this week’s Motor Mouth podcast David Booth dives deep into hydrogen power and man-made fuels, and argues that without them, the planet’s pathway to zero-emission motoring will take decades longer to achieve.

In this week’s Motor Mouth podcast David Booth chronicles the many, and increasing, missteps the eccentric billionaire has made recently and how this trend could see the demise of the incredible electric vehicle company Elon Musk has built.

You’ve read his Motor Mouth column for years and now David Booth is bringing his sharp intellect, vast experience and pull-no punches criticisms to the podcast world. In this first episode of the Motor Mouth podcast David delves into Canada’s just announced Zero Emission Vehicle mandate. Not surprisingly, he’s not impressed.