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…
Esquimalt Celebration of Lights Saturday September 12th is our 4th annual event I hope the VLC members will be able to attend. This year our feature attraction is the Ashton Military Museum Vehicles. The used to have an army base at Macaulay Point, so I thought I would bring the army back! Cars, Rods & Rides – fredwiss@gmail.com – Gmail
Oak Bay Collector Car Festival . About 250 / 300 vehicles . Police crowd estimate 15000 (3 changes of 5,000 people ) Name . Oak Bay Collector Car Festival When . Sunday August 9 th. 2015 Time . 8 a m til 3.30 pm . Location . Oak Bay Village Victoria . Event Type . Open Show. Registration . On…
KIA SOUL EV OPTION Thumbs up! The KIA SOUL has Jim’s approval. Who is going to get the key for this brand spanking new KIA SOUL? You can see Nancy and Jim Hindson taking delivery of their second electric car:”A KIA SOUL” Nancy let Jim win and said: “Finally, I am going to be able to drive my LEAF” :)…
SSI EV SHOW Schedule By Jim Standen There are many B&B’s on SSI and I would recommend checking out the Chamber of Commerce listings: http://www.saltspringtourism.com/accommodations-2/. Salt Spring Inn, Hedgerow B&B and Gatehouse B&B have recently installed Level II chargers. For those on a “Tesla” budget, there is Hastings house, also close to theFriday evening event. Hi All, I have booked…
New VLC Sponsor VLC welcomes Julian Sale of Motorize Auto Direct inc. as one of our sponsors. Julian brings in used US Nissan LEAFs from the US as does Campus Nissan and makes them available to the public at competitive pricing. Nissan of Canada stands behind the manufacturers warranties through our local LEAF certified local Campus Nissan service provider. Julian…
EVs only on Salt Spring Island EVs only on Salt Spring Island you say? Not quite. Gas delivery to Salt Spring Island may stop altogether if the rate of electric car and solar charging adoption continues at this current pace. Electric cars are coming into Victoria by the truckload and Islanders can’t wait to get their hands on an electric…
Used Nissan Leaf Should I Buy A Used Nissan Leaf (Or Another Electric Car)? About 15 million people buy a new vehicle in the U.S. each year, on average–but almost 40 million buy used cars in that same year. Modern electric cars have been sold in the U.S. since December 2010. Not surprisingly, they’re started to show up on used-car…
Clean Air Day Show and Tell 3 June 2015 Ministry of Environment’s Clean Air Day activities on Wednesday, June 3 from 10-1pm (2975 Jutland). VLC’s fourth ” Clean Air Day ” Celebration at the Ministry of Environment. VLC strongly advocates the improvement of our air quality by removing all diesel engine from our cities by 2020, replacing all existing busses…
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…
