Salt Spring Island Accommodations By Jim Standen Salt Spring Island Accommodations 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…
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…
Canada, Japan block G7 German chancellor Angela Merkel at the G7 with British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, centre. “It’s pretty clear that Canada and Japan are in a different place than the rest of the G7 on the issue of climate change,” said Jennifer Morgan of the Washington, D.C.-based World Resources Institute. Read more
Clean Air Day Event Report 2015 The Ministry of Environment’s employees were surprised to see so many TESLAs and LEAFs at VLC’s Clean Air Day Event. They could not believe their luck of actually being allowed to drive an electric car themselves. Getting ready for more climate action. Employees were lucky we had a number of TESLAs and LEAFs for…
