The Movement to Solar
The Saturday January 9th VicEVA Coffee Chat featured an exciting presentation on Solar power by Tim Grandjean of Shift Energy. Many in attendance asked for follow up documents and Tim[…]
Category: Energy
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Living Without Oil
Saturday’s well attended coffee chat in Metchosin featured a presentation by Arno Keinonen and Glenn Garry on the recent UVic Elder Academy lectures concerning our energy future entitled “Living Without[…]
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Building the Harmless Home
It’s an all-video week at the website as we offer videos from three VEVC Board members on subjects related to EV ownership and sustainability. In this Post, Board member Arno[…]
Chargepoint to Expand Charging Network
Last week, ChargePoint announced it has raised $240 million to build enough chargers to support 2.5 million electric cars worldwide. While ChargePoint is currently the largest EV charging network, a[…]
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The True Cost of Hybrids
It’s always been accepted by those adopting electric cars or in favor of lowering fossil fuel emissions that, while not a perfect solution, Hybrid vehicles are at least a step[…]
Tesla Increases Powerwall Production
Finally on top of its issues with production on its car assembly lines, Tesla is moving to ramp up production on its Powerwall home storage batteries. Much sought after because[…]
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Tesla Shareholder’s Meeting VIDEOS – June 2017
All the highlights (and quips) from Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting Michael J. Coren, qz.com, June 6, 2017 Tesla CEO Elon Musk likes to use his annual meetings to banter with[…]
Tesla unveils its new ‘sleek and low-profile’ exclusive solar panel made by Panasonic
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co April 9, 2017 The attention around Tesla’s solar products is mostly focused on its solar roof tiles, but those address only a new segment in the market[…]
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Canada’s oil industry ponders its fate as the threat of electric cars looms in the rearview mirror
Geoffrey Morgan, April 3, 2017, Financial Post CALGARY – Canada’s energy industry gathered at a petroleum museum Monday to consider how electric cars threaten oil, the country’s biggest export, especially if[…]
Shell CEO urges switch to clean energy as plans hefty renewable spending
Reporting by Ron Bousso; editing by Gary McWilliams and Marguerita Choy Reuters.com, March 9, 2017 The oil and gas industry risks losing public support if progress is not[…]
