Merry Christmas Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year Thank you all for helping our revolution to a sustainable energy future. Your Victoria EV Club executive team. Manfred Wissemann, President Volvo Electric Bus – 2015
Breaking News: SPACEFLIGHT NOW Launch & Rocket Landing Cape Canaveral Assuming SpaceX’s plans come to fruition, a Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral on Sunday will end with a vertical rocket-assisted landing at an abandoned Cold War-era launch facility a few miles away. Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with…
Charge Your EV at TD Canada Trust Here is a message from Nancy to you: “The TD bank [at 3675] Shelbourne Street near Cedar Hill Cross Road has just installed two charging stations in front of the bank. Just discovered it yesterday and they have just been in a couple of days. I don’t know if other banks or branches…
2011 LEAF Then and 2016 Now 2011 LEAF: This video was filmed by Jim Henshaw in 2011 and it shows the first Electric car adopters in our Victoria area. It also gives an insight to how our Victoria LEAF Club, now Victoria Electric Vehicle Club (VEVC), was founded. All of the original members are still with us and very active in promoting “zero emission“….
$20M in electric car charging stations Ont. Liberals to invest $20M in electric car charging stations Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press Published Tuesday, December 8, 2015 9:46AM EST Last Updated Tuesday, December 8, 2015 2:56PM EST PARIS — Ontario’s Liberal government will hand out $20 million in grants next year to help create a network of public charging stations for…
National Green Tribunal (NGT) diesel vehicle ban jolts car makers Ketan Thakkar & Ashutosh Shyam, ET Bureau Dec 12, 2015, 12.22AM IST MUMBAI: The National Green Tribunal’s order banning the registration of diesel vehicles in the national capital has come as a major jolt to auto makers, who have invested heavily in diesel technology in the recent past. 12,000 car sale…
B.C. signs zero-emission vehicle pledge If embraced worldwide, move could cut global emissions by 40 per cent. The Canadian Press Posted: Dec 10, 2015 1:00 PM PT Last Updated: Dec 10, 2015 1:00 PM PT British Columbia has joined a global team aiming to fill highways and city streets with zero-emission vehicles over the next 35 years. Environment Minister Mary…
Open Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau An open letter on climate change to Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau December 12, 2015 Dear Prime Minister: Regarding: Accelerating the electrification of the transportation sector The greatest and most immediate opportunities to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are in the transportation sector which accounts for 23% of all greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. As…
Englishman Trying to Score in a Twizy Reinvent your city! Twizy is THE vehicle designed for the city – all electric, part scooter, part small car. Its innovative design and futuristic architecture will envelop you in complete freedom! See the video below then read more .:)
Tesla Insight through Co-founder’s Distinguished Lecture Jeffrey Brian “JB” Straubel, part of the founding team and the Chief Technical Officer of Tesla Motors gives some great insight through a Distinguished Lecture at the College of Engineering at the University of Nevada at Reno. At Tesla, Straubel oversees the technical and engineering design of the vehicles. Straubel also has responsibility for new…
