Albert Laurin

Albert Laurin

Albert Laurin is the founder of Betweenplays Media, an independent capital-markets intelligence and media platform established in March 2020. As lead author and host, he produces long-form analysis and conducts direct, unscripted executive conversations across markets, technology, real estate, and geopolitics. Laurin’s background spans accounting, management, marketing, and policing. He trained in Police Technology at John Abbott College, where he was recognized for academic performance and leadership, and was subsequently selected for the Quebec National Police Academy in Nicolet. There, he was nominated across all three categories of excellence—an uncommon distinction—while also drawing early recruitment interest from supervising officers. Shaped by years of personal experience, mentorship, and disciplined training, Laurin’s approach combines analytical structure with a grounded understanding of how incentives, pressures, and human behavior often shape outcomes in both markets and public life. Betweenplays maintains strict editorial independence, ensuring that its interviews and coverage remain free from external influence or sponsor-driven direction. In parallel with his media work, Laurin is a real estate broker in the Greater Montreal area, applying the same analytical rigor to real-world economic decisions and asset positioning.

The Charge Ahead: A Decade of Electric and Gasoline Vehicle Markets on a Collision Course

"Horizontal infographic showing the global EV market timeline from 2015 to 2025. Milestones include 1 million EVs sold in 2015, 5 million in 2018, 10 million in 2020, ~9% market share in 2021, ~18% in 2023, over 17 million EVs and 20% share in 2024, and a projected 20 million EVs with ~25% share in 2025. Color-coded icons represent adoption stages."

"Cinematic-style infographic titled ‘The Charge Ahead: A Decade of Electric and Gasoline Vehicle Markets on a Collision Course,’ featuring a dark, dramatic background with glowing light streaks. A line graph shows EV sales climbing sharply from 2015 to 2025 while gasoline vehicle market share declines. Key text highlights EV sales surpassing 18 million units by 2025, battery manufacturing consolidation, and the emergence of next-generation battery technologies. Bulleted points outline future challenges, regional disparities, and new brand growth."

The Global EV Battery Race: A Thesis on the Companies Powering the Electric Mobility Revolution

become the defining battle of the decade. From China’s CATL and BYD to Japan’s Panasonic and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution, the companies leading this charge are shaping not just the future of mobility, but the balance of global industry itself. In this Betweenplays Media thesis, we break down the technologies, market strategies, and production power behind the batteries already powering EVs on the road — and the innovations that will define what comes next.