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. Monday morning the British Columbia government topped up its Clean Energy Vehicle Incentive Program to the tune of $10 Million. The following is the Press…
A British survey conducted by a group of vehicle manufacturers has found that 81% of British young people are planning to make their first car purchase electric. And while that percentage declines over older demographic groups, the final number for the entire population is 50%. Others in the British media, either dependent on gasoline advertising or just being cheeky referred…
Sustainability website “Transport and Environment” this week reported that since the year 2000 automobile manufacturers have cheated European drivers out of 150 billion Euros ($227 Billion Canadian) for the additional fuel they burned due to widespread manipulation of fuel efficiency tests. In 2017 alone, this gaming of the system not only cost drivers money but drove up carbon emissions by…
On August 24th, the Victoria Electric Vehicle Club in partnership with the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association and Plug-In Richmond issued a joint submission to the British Columbia government’s Clean Growth initiative. Marking one of the first times Western Canadian EV owners have presented combined proposals on zero emission transportation, the document was signed by James Locke (President VEVC), Bruce Sharpe…
At its monthly Board Meeting on July 14th, 2018, the Victoria Electric Vehicle Club appointed two new members, bid farewell to two more and re-structured its executive. Lisa Locke departs the board for a two year Jansky Fellowship at the National Radio Astronomical Observatory in Charlottesville, Virginia. Jim Henshaw steps down to concentrate on event organization for the club as…
We are working with another concerned citizen of BC to request a change to the BC Luxury Tax to remove ALL EVs from being subject to the Luxury Tax currently in place and increasing with the latest 2018 BC Budget. No Electric Vehicle should be taxed as a luxury! It’s time for zero tax on zero emissions vehicles. If you…
October 12, 2017 Associated Press, cbc.ca The noise of car engines revving around the streets of Paris might become just a memory. In its latest initiative to reduce air pollution, Paris City Hall wants gasoline-powered cars off the roads by 2030. The controversial move announced Thursday follows Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s plan to ban all diesel cars from the city by…
In April of this year, the Victoria Electric Vehicle Club was invited to participate in the first meeting of the City of Victoria’s Climate Action Network. James Locke, VEVC President, attended the meeting along with members of other like-minded local organizations. The main goal is to help support Victoria’s climate action program and sustainability goals for the community, to eventually develop and…
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co July 25, 2017 After France announced earlier this month that it plans on banning new petrol and diesel cars by 2040, now the British government is about to announce similar measures this week. The move is in reaction to increasingly poorer air quality in the country and especially in urban regions – like London. A government spokesman…
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co July 13, 2017 The auto industry is once again attempting to slow down the rollout of electric vehicles. As we previously reported, China, the world’s biggest car market, has somewhat of an aggressive ZEV mandate that would force Automakers to have zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) represent 8% of new car sales as soon as 2018 and quickly ramp…
