Rainhouse Manufacturing, in partnership with Canadian Electric Vehicles Ltd. and the University of Victoria, will receive $200,000 from the British Columbia government for a project to design, test and certify battery packs to be used in the manufacture of electric vehicles. The funds are part of the provincial government’s $1.5-billion StrongerBC plan for post-pandemic economic recovery. “This multi-sector initiative will…
Tesla Semi trucks are set to arrive on Vancouver Island highways in a few months as two local companies have decided they are the way of the future. Forest management company Mosaic has purchased three of Tesla’s 100% electric Semis to begin the replacement of its diesel logging trucks to meet the company’s commitment to be carbon neutral by 2035….
This week, Clean BC released its first annual report on the progress of British Columbia’s ZEV mandate, revealing that the province had the highest uptake of electric vehicles of any North American jurisdiction. Among the highlights: Light-duty ZEV sales represented 9.4% of all new light-duty vehicle sales in B.C. There were 54,469 light-duty ZEVs registered in B.C. as of December…
VicEVA recently produced a short video featuring the highlights of our research comparing the economic and environmental costs of heavy transport driven by Diesel, Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Electric batteries. Please feel free to share the contents…
On Saturday, April 3, VicEVA hosted a Zoom presentation on research the association has done into the potential for either electricity or Hydrogen becoming the primary fuel for heavy truck transport, the semi-trailers known as Class 8 trucks. We hope you will find it informative and enlightening.
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…
Metro Vancouver’s transportation network, TransLink, will be adding 15 Quebec built, long-range and fully-electric Nova Bus vehicles to the two already working in its current fleet. In announcing the purchase, Martin Larose, VP and General Manager of Nova Bus said, “We are proud to continue supporting TransLink with our newest fully electric, high quality transit buses that deliver a safe, clean,…
