A Sign of the Times?

No, your eyes are not playing tricks on you. That’s the Victoria EV Club’s first President Manfred Wissemann pulling into a PetroCanada station. We were wondering if the oil company’s new advertising campaign “Live by the Leaf” might be signalling a change to a zero-emission future. And we weren’t wrong… PetroCanada is quietly rolling out Level 2 charging stations to…

VEVC Meeting with BC Hydro

On Thursday, September 6, the VEVC hosted a meeting with representatives of BC Hydro attended by approximately 40 local EV owners. The meeting was part of an outreach program by BC Hydro to ascertain the utility’s direction in providing the best possible EV infrastructure for both Vancouver Island and the rest of the province. Representatives, Monica Curran and Mike Wenzlaff,…

Electra Meccanica Rings The Nasdaq Bell

Vancouver based EV manufacturer Electra Mechanica, which joined NASDAQ stock listings this month, was awarded the honor of ringing the tech market’s opening bell on Thursday, August 30. Company president Jerry Kroll took the opportunity to tout the delivery of 75,000 single passenger Solo vehicles over the next two years as well as the 2019 launch of the much anticipated…

BC Clean Growth Intentions

On August 24th, the Victoria Electric Vehicle Club in partnership with the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association and Plug-In Richmond issued a joint submission to the British Columbia government’s Clean Growth initiative. Marking one of the first times Western Canadian EV owners have presented combined proposals on zero emission transportation, the document was signed by James Locke (President VEVC), Bruce Sharpe…

New Charging Stations Coming to the Trans-Canada Highway

Members of the Victoria EV Club took part in two meetings last week with eCAMION, one of three companies chosen by the Federal government to provide reliable fast-charging systems along the entire length of the Trans-Canada Highway. eCAMION rep, Alice Wang, indicated that the first stage of the $17.3 Billion project through Northern Ontario and Manitoba is nearing completion, providing…

Survey Confirms Dealerships Lack EV Knowledge

Financial Post reporter Mia Rabson this week confirmed what most EV owners already know, that New Car Dealerships are one of the biggest hurdles customers have to get over if they want to purchase an electric car. Citing a survey conducted by the Canadian government last winter, Ms Rabson listed two major factors discouraging EV buyers — sticker shock and…

Canadian EV Sales Up 214% Over 2017

FleetCarma has just released 2nd Quarter numbers on Canadian EV adoption and they are staggering. Even discounting the rapid release of the Tesla Model 3 into Canadian jurisdictions and a rush to redeem Ontario EV rebates before those funds are eliminated, the number of EV adoptions has still increased by 143%. Last week we heard that the Tesla Model 3…

Tesla is expanding its insurance program to the US and Canada

Fred Lambert, Electrek.co October 13, 2017   Last year, we published an exclusive report revealing that Tesla was working on a new car insurance program, which it started offering to its customers in Australia and Hong Kong. Tesla executives have since been talking about working more closely with insurance companies as self-driving technology improves. Now we learn that Tesla is preparing to launch the…