General Motors CEO Mary Barra will deliver a keynote speech at the January 12th opening of next week’s all-digital Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas to announce GM’s electric vehicle future. Barra is expected to not only lay the company’s foundation for an all-electric future, but detail its $27 Billion investment intended to deliver 30 new EV models over the…
Numbers released today by Stats Canada indicate that the group of municipalities surrounding and including the city of Victoria are home to the country’s largest population of newly registered (ZEV) electric vehicles. As of July 2020, 13.4% of all new vehicles registered in the Province of British Columbia were in the CRD. The next closest city was Vancouver at 11%….
National Electric Drive Week was first organized in San Diego in October of 2011 and quickly replicated in 28 other American cities. By the next year and under the supervision of Jeremy Janzen, it arrived in Canada and the city of Victoria. Since then, the both the events organized to mark National Drive Electric Week have grown, with the embrace…
Electric vehicle associations representing 42,000 EV owners across the province have submitted a list of ten recommended policies for parties to include in their platforms. These measures will ensure that electric vehicle adoption remains a priority for the new government to enable British Columbian residents and businesses to share in the economic and environmental benefits of electric vehicles, more generally…
Canada was the first country to make the “Drive to Zero Pledge” last June, committing to grow zero-emission commercial vehicle manufacturing, infrastructure and deployment. Joining it this week were China, Germany, Finland, Japan, Chile, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands. “Freight is often overlooked in the discussion, but is crucial for us to meet our climate goals and improve the livability…
PACCAR, the manufacturer of such well known trucking models as Kenworth and Peterbilt, has teamed with Faith Technologies and Schneider Electric to provide charging infrastructure solutions for customers who purchase industry-leading battery electric Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks in the United States and Canada. Kenworth and Peterbilt have begun taking customer orders for production model Kenworth K270E and the Peterbilt Model…
Walmart Canada says it has more than tripled its reservations of Tesla Semi trucks to a total of 130. Walmart Canada reserved 10 Semi trucks following Tesla’s reveal of the new truck back in 2017 and then ordered 30 more in 2018. “Tripling our reservation of Tesla Semi trucks is part of our ongoing effort to innovate the business and prioritize sustainability… By converting 20%…
Police departments around the world are quickly realizing the enormous benefit of adding electric vehicles to their fleets. Here’s some terrific insight into why…
The August 8th Saturday Coffee Chat is now online at https://youtu.be/hkmupo4FDx0 wherein we give away a Model of a Model 3, promote our next advocacy campaign with Measurement Canada and discuss Tesla Battery management and the BC ZEV mandate — along with much more. Enjoy.
For those wondering how many of their own brand of vehicle are on the road in British Columbia, we can report that from March 2019 to March 2020 the top 5 increases for new and used vehicles were Tesla Model 3 (618%); Hyundai Ioniq (416%); Chevrolet Spark (219%) VW eGolf (206%); and the Kia Soul (124%). These figures include used vehicles imported from…
