VEVC reflects on the past, looks forward to the future A message from Manfred Wissemann, VEVC’s First President In 2012 I asked James Strickland, “Does Victoria have an electric vehicle club?” and his answer was, “Not that I know of.” I called for a roadtrip to the Malahat Chalet Restaurant as a challenge, as there were concerns that…
Lisa Locke, VEVC Editor January 15, 2017 A huge thank you and congratulations to Jim Henshaw and all the VEVC volunteers for making this year’s Victoria Royals ECO Night a great success! There were 7,000 people attending the game, a near-sold out crowd cheering on the Royals against their rivals the Kelowna Rockets. The VEVC hosted the 50-50 draw,…
Jordan Kahn, electrek.co, January 21, 2017 In this week’s top stories: Tesla 2nd-gen Autopilot could reduce crash rate by 90%, Model S 100D update, hints at upcoming EVs from Hyundai, Audi, and VW, and much more. We kick things off this week with the release of the new Model S 100D with 335 miles of range, making it the longest…
Editors Note: This summary chart has been modified to show which vehicles are 100% Battery Electric (green) and the plug-in hybrids (grey). Matthew Klippenstein, Jan 12, 2017, Green Car Reports While still just shy of the 30,000 vehicle milestone, cumulative Canadian plug-in electric vehicle sales likely finished 2016 high enough to scale Mount Everest (elevation in feet: 29,029). While…
Jake Spring, January 14, 2017, Globe and Mail More electric cars are sold in China than in the rest of the world combined, but are mainly locally-branded models that are cheaper and have a shorter range than those offered by foreign auto makers such as Tesla and Nissan. The Chinese-branded electric vehicle (EV) market is propped up by huge government…
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, January 19, 2017 Update: NHTSA confirmed the news that the Autopilot was not at fault – Tesla’s crash rate was reduced by 40% after introduction of Autopilot based on data reviewed by NHTSA Following the tragic death of 45-year-old Joshua Brown in a collision with a truck while using the Autopilot of his Tesla Model S in Florida back in…
Arnold Schwarzenegger, December 7, 2016 I see your questions. Each and every time I post on my Facebook page or tweet about my crusade for a clean energy future, I see them. There are always a few of you, asking why we should care about the temperature rising, or questioning the science of climate change. I want you to know…
Michael J. Coren, December 19, 2016, Quartz Media Ten years of effort finally paid off for Las Vegas this week when officials announced the city government will now be powered entirely by renewable energy. After a large solar array, Boulder Solar 1, came online on Dec. 12, the city was able to buy enough carbon-free electricity to power its 140…
Fred Lambert, January 7, 2017, Electrek.co Nissan’s keynote at CES in Las Vegas was kind of disappointing. The company was rumored to unveil its first long-range all-electric vehicle to compete against GM’s Chevy Bolt EV and Tesla’s Model 3. Instead, the company only confirmed that the vehicle is coming “in the near future”. It looks we will have to wait…
Jameson Dow, January 3, 2017, Electrek.co Faraday Future has just finished revealing their first car, the “FF 91”, in a livestreamed demonstration from CES 2017, and boy was the demonstration a doozy. The FF 91’s specs are incredibly impressive. With a 130kWh battery, it will have 1050 horsepower, which Faraday Future claims is the most of any electric car (but actually falls…
