The Honourable Judith Guichon, Lt. Governor of BC attends Sustainability Festival The 5th annual Creatively United for the Planet Festival had their Sustainability Showcase last weekend at Oak Bay Secondary with a vast display of electric cars, living simply workshops, renewable energy and more. What a great honour to be invited and to have my picture taken (see above) with…
GM Bolt 200-mile Electric Available Soon General Motors Exec: Affordable 200-mile electric Bolt Available Soon General Motors’ vice president of global propulsion systems, Dan Nicholson, spoke in Detroit Wednesday about the Chevrolet Bolt EV, substantiating the company’s plans to augment the electric-car market with Tesla towards the goal of affordable, long-range electric cars. Nicholson reminded the public that the Bolt EV…
Victoria Day EV Parade By Silke Sommerfeld, VEVC Victoria Parade Coordinator, VEVC board member, Blog: TeslaXCanada Mark your calendar for Monday May 23, Victoria Day Parade! The Victoria EV Club will be participating in the Victoria Day Parade on May 23rd this year! We will be attending with six electric cars, and there will be a surprise as well, something we…
Creatively United for the Planet Festival FRIDAY Friday, April 15, 6 pm – 10 pm, Royal Bay Secondary School Farm-to-Table Gourmet Dinner Live Music • Dancing • Art Show • Silent Auction 6 – 7 pm: jazz trio, mix n’ mingle • 7 pm: dinner served • 8:30 – 10 pm: live music/dance SATURDAY Saturday, April 16, …
Larry Burns, Chief of R&D at GM, declares: Any car manufacturer including GM should listen to Elon Musk: “Hydrogen is a dumb idea.” Why would we go back to pumping stations for hydrogen and pay per litre? Sunshine is free, delivered to our home without GST or PST. Manufacturers, would you like to see if Elon is successful? “If Tesla Model 3 is successful, Sergio…
Elon sticks the landing Link provided by Jim Henshaw, The Legion of Decency blog In a dramatic feat of engineering prowess, the private spaceflight company SpaceX successfully landed a reusable Falcon 9 rocket booster Friday — the second such landing for the company, and the first successful touchdown on a ship. The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at…
Nissan LEAF Mission Possible Your mission to go electric is now possible. Campus Nissan has an amazing sale event, see details in our VEVC YouTube Video. (Music will cut off after a short while.) Please note Campus Nissan’s SPRING SALES EVENT lasts until the end of April. The Nissan LEAF is a great electric car that you can buy today. No…
Netherlands proposes banning gas, diesel car sales by 2025 Author: John Beltz Snyder Link Provided by: Dumitru Streza, a mechanical engineer at Crofton Mill – Pulp and Paper, who drives daily to work and back from Colwood in his LEAF. Battery electrics, fuel cells should be the only legal options. What are the odds you’ll live to see a world, or even…
Victoria e-vehicle enthusiasts shell out to reserve Tesla model 3s Carla Wilson / Times Colonist April 1, 2016 12:00 PM Link provided by Jim Henson, VEVC Secretary Treasurer Victoria’s Jim Hindson and his daughter, Laurie, joined thousands of international enthusiasts this week by happily laying down $1,000 each to reserve Tesla’s new Model 3 electric car. Why? “Because it’s the…
We need more Chargers in Saanich and Victoria public parkades! My LEAF put on a lot of kilometres today and I needed a charge. Not to worry, I thought, the Gordon Head Recreation Centre in Saanich has 2 – J1772 chargers. I thought wrong. Both the chargers at the rec centre were in use. I think it is time for Saanich to provide…
