By Karen Graham 6 hours ago in Environment Digital Journal Fossil fuels will soon be a thing of the past as renewable energy sources are being embraced globally and the technologies behind electric cars, solar and wind power make them less costly to consumers. The coal and oil industries are seriously underestimating the impact the renewable energy industry…
Lisa Locke, VEVC Editor, February 5, 2017 CBC Radio One’s Robyn Burns from All Points West will be interviewing James Locke, VEVC President tomorrow February 7, 2017 at 4:10 pm Pacific Time. They will be discussing BC’s new EV incentives. Tune in Tuesday on 90.5 FM in Victoria, and 99.5 FM in Sooke and Metchosin.
By Jill Slattery, Global News, BC, February 3, 2017 B.C. drivers can now cash in on a pair of hefty incentives that make owning an electric or fuel-cell vehicle a lot more affordable. The B.C. government announced a $40-million boost to the Clean Energy Vehicle Program on Friday that will provide an incentive up to $6,000 for someone purchasing a zero-emission vehicle. The…
Fred Lambert, January 30, 2017 Profitable production of electric vehicles is highly important. Our capitalist society revolves around profitability and therefore, if electric vehicles are to prevail over gas-powered cars, they need to be profitable to manufacture in mass. A new study published this month by McKinsey & Company and embedded below looks into how automakers can move past producing EVs…
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, February 1, 2017 In a future where the world’s car fleet is rapidly transitioning to electric vehicles, gas stations will be forcefully downgraded to simple convenience stores and consequently, they will lose a significant revenue stream brought in by people stopping for gas but buying something at the convenience store. Some oil companies have accepted that the…
