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Equipped with all the bells and whistles of a traditional muscle car but with the effi ciency of one on par with the ever-popular Tesla models, a vehicle gaining recognition for pack- ing a punch on the road without the need for gasoline, the buy was a wel- come addition to Streich’s life. “It’s not quite as powerful as the gas counterpart, but it does have a very satisfying acceleration,” he said of his purchase of the 2021 Mustang Mach E, a similar-yet-different purchase from the Dodge Charger he owned RECORD PHOTO BY BRETT MITCHELL previously. Shawn Trudeau from Steeltown Ford with the new Mustang Mach E. “It’s still a very satisfying experience, you know, having that instant torque. experienced by traditional ICE (Inter- what it costs a business, it will track installing his own software in his re- It’s still quite a lot of fun to drive.” nal Combustion Engine) vehicles. things such as time spent charging an cently-purchased EV, this way he can However, the purchase of the car “When we humans have to break EV’s battery. work out the kinks himself in prepa- wasn’t strictly for vanity or energy ef- out of our normal processes to go fi g- “Once we transition to a more elec- ration for when businesses will even- fi ciency; it also serves as a way to test ure out a problem, it slows everything trifi ed fl eet, then we’re not necessar- tually turn to a more electric-based the products and technology Streich down,” he said. “But you don’t have to ily worried so much about the vehicle vehicle fl eet model. sells in his professional life. waste a lot of time to do it if you have idling and burning excess fuel and He also said he believes eventually Streich runs two businesses, Mowe- technology helping you along the way wasting gas, we don’t care about that electric vehicles will be the norm and co a landscaping business that uses which is what we do.” so much because the vehicle is not the next big thing, such as self-driving exclusively battery powered lawn- The rise of EVs has been steady in burning fuel, but what we do care vehicles, will be coming around the mowers, and Fleet Profi t Center a recent years. According to Statistics about is — are we ensuring that those bend posing another challenge for his business dedicated to helping other Canada, in the third quarter of 2020, vehicles are charging when they are business. businesses that operate ‘fl eets’ of 3.7 per cent of all new vehicles regis- not being used, are they leaving with “The sooner that vehicles are doing vehicles in tracking their data and tered across the country were zero- the correct state of charge, is some- that on their own, the sooner human helping them be more effi cient while emission vehicles, totalling 18,771 body on a route where their vehicle beings can be focusing on the bigger maintaining or raising profi ts. With ZEVs. In the same period, 67.1 per has not been properly charged, and issues and being productive in other the popularization of electric vehi- cent of new ZEVs registered were bat- which vehicle should they take in or- areas,” Streich said. cles among business owners, Streich tery electric vehicles. der to complete the route they need “From a business standpoint for us, said his fl eet management business For Streich, that means his business to take? So, different sorts of logistical it becomes less about vehicle tracking is slowly pivoting to helping manage will have to pivot towards catering challenges are there,” he said. and more about data management.” the needs of these vehicles as they towards these models; instead of his One way Streich is playing his own present different problems than those software tracking gas mileage and part in testing these theories is by GARDEN GIFTS for MOM 439 MAIN ST., SELKIRKK HOURSHOURS MONMON - SAT 10-6 North of Manitoba Ave. FRI 10-9 SUN 12-12-55 BiG DOLLAR 4 The Selkirk Record Thursday, April 22, 2021 Your opportunity to give feedback on regional plan A draft of Plan 20-50 has been released to public By Katelyn Boulanger business in the region diffi cult. Com- On April 9, a draft of Manitoba’s fi rst petitive regions across North America long term land use and servicing plan have consistent, coordinated process- in the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region, es and plans, they provide investors Plan 20-50, was released for public re- with the confi dence that investments sponse. in the necessary infrastructure and The 135-page document was created modern services will be budgeted and by the Winnipeg Metropolitan Re- planned for,” Colleen Sklar the Execu- gion, as mandated by the provincial tive Director for the Winnipeg Metro- government in 2019, in order to coor- politan Region in an email to the Sel- dinate economic development, reduce kirk Record. red tape and duplication, and develop Because of the very different needs a strategy to coordinate land use and of rural communities in our region servicing in the Metro Region. This re- versus the core of the City of Winni- gion includes Winnipeg and 18 of its peg, the draft Plan 20-50 divides the surrounding municipalities including municipalities into three tiers— the the City of Selkirk and all of the sur- Metropolitan Core, Inner Metropoli- rounding RMs. tan Area, and Outer Metropolitan “[This] plan allows us to plan beyond Area. election cycles and across boundaries. As it stands West St. Paul and East A regional plan is a long-term plan St. Paul are classed as part of the Inner (30 years), it sets a shared vision for Metropolitan Area, and the region’s RECORD PHOTO SUBMITTED transportation, climate change, water other municipalities are part of the Board of municipal mayors meeting to discuss Plan 20-50 before the management, and housing. It then and Outer Metropolitan Area. pandemic forced them to start meeting virtually. allows us to monitor and adjust that Sklar says that this type of structure vision periodically so we can ensure is a fundamental part of almost all re- one environment which plans for cli- “We know our population is aging we are moving toward realizing our gional plans. mate change and resiliency, resource and we must plan better for people shared vision.