Since the first electric cars hit the road, they’ve been under attack by proponents of fossil fuels and the ICE industry. They’ve peppered us with myths about range anxiety and spontaneous EV combustion as well as launching fear campaigns predicting everything from the collapse of power grids to an environmental apocalypse, that they still whisper isn’t even real in…
On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, inspired by the City of Victoria BC’s traditional Spring Flower and Bird Counts, the Victoria Electric Vehicle Association conducted its first “Spring Electric Vehicle Count” — and the nation’s first survey of Electric Vehicles now participating in the morning commute of a major Canadian city. Despite the number of islanders currently working from home during…
Last weekend, Canada’s leading chronicler of the Energy Industry and founder of the Energi.Media website, Markham Hislop spent an hour speaking to our Bi-monthly Zoom Coffee chat on not only the future of electric cars but what the energy future looks like for British Columbia and the rest of Canada. For those who missed the event — or just want…
Since we began holding our coffee chats digitally a full year ago, we’ve had some special Zoom gatherings with some very special guests. But we feel the one held on March 6 might be one of our best. We were honored to host two very unique presentations. In the first, Hal Wright of Silversmith Power & Light, BC’s first Hydro-electric…
After teasing EV enthusiasts for months, Hyundai will finally debut the promised completely reconceived Ioniq 5 on February 23rd. While nobody has been told a lot about what Hyundai’s rebuild of its original electric car will look like or provide drivers, we are promised: A longer range than current Kona models Dual motor options 4 pixel-like head and tail lights…
All Jaguar and Land Rover models will be offered with an electric powertrain by the end of the decade, with Jaguar becoming an electric-only luxury brand from 2025 onwards. Land Rover will launch six EV variants within the next five years, one of them the first all-electric Land Rover, due in 2024. CEO Thierry Bolloré said that the company’s Re-imagine…
Sunday’s Superbowl 55 is rumored to feature several electric car ads that will receive their premier performances during the game. So far, the only one available to preview is GM’s “No Way, Norway!” Enjoy!
Following up on its recent announcements of new battery EV models, General Motors this week provided a time-line to ending production of internal combustion engines. GM says that it will offer 30 all-electric models globally by 2025, and 40% of the company’s U.S. models will be battery electric vehicles by the end of 2025 and it will completely purge tailpipe…
As part of last week’s Q4 Earnings call, Tesla revealed several changes being made to its Model S and Model X vehicles. Exterior changes to the S include new front and rear bumper designs as well as changes to the 19 and 20 inch wheels. Most of those would go unnoticed to most casual observers. Inside, it’s a whole new…
This morning’s General Motors Keynote Presentation to the Consumer Electric Show in Las Vegas was filled with as many innovations across the EV landscape as you could cram into one hour. It also introduced a long list of new phrases to the EV lexicon, terms like “ultium platform”, “onboard driver coach” and “pillar to pillar display” as well as GM’s…
