Autonomous vehicles will have an impact on the energy sector

The individuals who attended the Central North American Trade Corridor Association's second biennial Trade, Transportation and Technology Conference at the Southeast College's Estevan campus on April 26 heard of some interesting developments, including the evolution of autonomous vehicles. David Blair, the CEO of Network Solutions and Services in Bismarck, N.D., and Justin Glasser, the manager of Tubular Transport and Logistics, discussed the impact that autonomous vehicle technologies will have on businesses, including those on the energy sector. They also discussed electric vehicles, and how those will impact the power generation industry. "GM is projected to have 500,000 new electric cars in another year, so that's going to impact the power grid, and how we are going to handle that," Blair said. He predicted electronic cars could carry some good news for Saskatchewan and North Dakota, because both areas produce a lot of electricity through coal.