Advocates of a Hydrogen future in transportation, many of whom have long insisted that “there’s no silver bullet” in moving our cars, trucks and buses away from fossil fuels, are discovering that cities studying their options are overwhelmingly moving their transit fleets to battery electric buses. This week, the Toronto Transit Commission received delivery of their first electric bus. After…
This morning the British Columbia Utilities Commission received approval from the Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources to make electric vehicle charging service providers, who are not otherwise public utilities, as well as landlords and strata corporations, exempt from Part 3 of the Utilities Commission Act. The exemption applies to landlords, strata corporations, private companies and parkade owners. With…
Canada’s Federal Budget took its first tentative steps to supporting the transition to electric vehicles in this week’s budget allocating $435 Million over the next five years to cleaner transportation options. $300 Million of that total will be in the form of a $5,000 rebate for the purchase of a new electric vehicle under a maximum retail price of $45,000….
Beginning June 1, 2019 the City of North Vancouver will require all new residential parking spots to include energized outlets capable of providing Level 2 charging or higher for EVs. Larisa Lensink, environmental sustainability specialist for the city, stated that “In the last five years, the EV landscape has changed significantly. EV sales have increased exponentially each year and in…
Hard on the heels of Tesla rolling 1000 new vehicles a day from its American assembly line, comes news that it will begin shipping 3,000 Model 3 vehicles per week in Europe starting in February. Cars will arrive through the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium to fill orders for the Model 3 that were placed mere weeks ago when the…
Given the breaking senior staff scandal and RCMP investigation roiling the BC Legislature on Tuesday, most of the media attending the ZEV announcement spent their time asking questions about that issue. One brave soul, however, questioned the support of Hydrogen powered cars in the government’s climate plan asking if the production and use of hydrogen fuel would increase BC’s Greenhouse…
Two-thirds of the world’s manufacturing capacity for lithium-ion batteries is based in China, and that is driving car manufacturers around the world to move their plants to that country. US industry leader Tesla is already building a plant in Shanghai expected to produce 500,000 electric cars a year. Meanwhile, Volkswagen has announced it will invest $12 billion in its electric…
While the BC Government and local municipalities struggle to come to grips with licensing ride-sharing services as well as their inability to reach their own emission targets, the ride-hailing service Uber is working hard to make transportation options even greener. In early October, Uber partnered with the Dubai Taxi Association (photo above) to add 50 Tesla Model S and Model…
Members of the Victoria EV Club will be joining the South Island Prosperity Project next Tuesday (October 16th) from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm at Victoria City Hall’s Centennial Square to support a drive to earn $10 Million to electrify Urban Mobility in the Capital Regional District. The event will showcase EVs, electric buses and other modes of zero-emission transportation…
You could say that all three of this week’s featured posts are great news for supporters of electric vehicles and very bad news for car dealerships hoping to sustain interest in the internal combustion engine. When it comes to electric vehicles, it’s clear that kids “get” it. A couple of years ago, I walked the Christmas Lights parade route as…
