Special Victoria Royals Event Briefing

Special Victoria Royals Event Briefing & Coffee Chat Saturday March 5, 2016, 1 pm – 3 pm, Royal Bay Bakery in Colwood. Directions. Enjoy fine organic foods by our host, Master Baker David Groves. Everyone welcome!   Jim Henshaw, Royals Event Organizer, will be briefing our members on the details of our event.  Order your $20 Volunteer T-shirts!  Just tell us: quantity, Adult or Child, size: S,…

All Cars to Be Electric by 2030

All Cars to Be Electric by 2030 Korean Island Plans for All Cars to Be Electric by 2030 South Korea’s Jeju Island has spent years building out its electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure to encourage residents to make the switch from gas-guzzlers to battery-powered cars. Soon, the small resort island will have the cars to match the infrastructure. This week, Jeju…

Dear Premier Clark

  Dear Premier Clark: Regarding: Accelerating the electrification of the transportation sector. This open letter communication is from electric vehicle (EV) organizations and supporters representing hundreds of experienced EV owners and outlines the measures that need to be taken by the BC government to increase the adoption rate of EVs in the Province. Following the signing of the Paris Agreement…

BC EV Announcement Deferred

BC EV Announcement Deferred The ministry of transportation has deferred the announcement. Hopefully, because they might need more time to include a more comprehensive package. We are very sorry you have to cancel your travel plans from the Mainland, up-Island as well as the Gulf Islands. But, all for a good cause and the government must have good reasons to…

Nissan conducts first self-driving car tests

Nissan conducts first self-driving car tests Relaxnews Published Friday, October 30, 2015 7:49AM EDT On Thursday Nissan conducted its first self-driving car tests on highways and on inner city roads with the ultimate aim of taking what are still very much prototype technologies and making them standard features by 2020. Like Toyota’s Highway Teammate concept and Tesla’s recently rolled-out Autopilot…

$100 ECO AWARD PROGRAM

The $100 ECO AWARD CHEQUE Program Manfred Wissemann, founding President of the Victoria LEAF Club has received a $300 cheque from a sponsor dealer: Campus Nissan’s sales manager Mandu Goebl. This will be used to give out $100 ECO AWARD CHEQUES to any one who purchases or refers us to someone resulting in a consequent sale.  See here for details and VLC…

Pender Island EV Show Success

Pender Island EV Show Success Contagious EV smile inevitable once you drive an electric car. Pender Islanders no exception. The concept of vanishing credit card gas bills and solar charging was good news to islanders. It was our pleasure to introduce folks to the advantages of 21st century transportation. Our message to show visitors: “There are better things you can…

EV-Saanich-Sooke-Qualicum Beach

EV-Saanich-Sooke-Qualicum Beach Thank you Jim Hindson, Terrance Berscheid, Lisa Locke, Arno Keinonen, Harold Bird, and a special thanks to Sydney Locke, our youngest electric car advocate, of our special delegation to the “Sooke Emergency Conference” and the Qualicum Beach “Flourishing In A Green Economy” Sydney’s bright smile in a VLC T-shirt must have convinced many to go electric. :) Blurred…

Parksville/Qualicum EV Road Trip

Parksville/Qualicum EV Road Trip Flourishing In A Green Economy Dear VLC Members, Jim Hindson, VLC Event Organizer has provided us with an itinerary below. It is not to late to call Jim and book a trip in an EV to Parksville /Qualicum. There are six of us booked thus far including one Tesla. Below are our group rates for the…