Easy answer - Cheap (hydro)electricity with long term rate contracts.
Aluminum refineries require massive amounts of electricity and often located near 'falling water'. This is why Iceland (even further from any bauxite mine...) also has aluminum smelters.
‘24 XLT EB + Lux + BAP + CoPilot + 4K Tow, near Guelph ON.
Loving it so far! Added a Bison trifold tonneau cover and Mabett mud flaps so far, and now Bridgestone “Dueller” Blizzacks for winter mode
And yes we too had to sign “do not re-sell into the USA” at purchase.
One more thing - the drop in bed liner covers up the drain ports that exist in the 'naked' truck bed. The Bison (and most others) come with drain tubes to funnel rainwater away (from the rails, I think?) but if it's just plopped straight on there, these will have nowhere to go.
You would need to...
Yes it does - sorry I should have mentioned that.
Ours also has the factory drop-in bed liner (whatever comes with the XLT Luxury package) - no issues/interference with the cover.
Just picked up a Bison tri-flip hard cover for ours last week, at their outlet just west of Pearson (I think it's technically in Brampton not Etobicoke but whatever).
Happy with it so far, including free/almost-instantaneous installation.
There might be a little bit of "you get what you pay...
Past due for the introduction - please say hello to "Charlie".
We've had it about a month now, picked up from dealer stock: CG Eco/AWD XLT + Lux + BAP + 4k
(still learning to speak Maverick-ese)
Loving it so far - could have done without the 18" wheels (like the look of the stock 17s much...