Join the Victoria Electric Vehicle Club at the Creatively United for the Planet’s Earth Day Festival, Saturday April 22, 2017, 10 am to 5 pm, at the Royal BC Museum, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC. Admission to the festival is free (outdoors and Clifford Carl Hall). Some of the participants in the Electric Vehicle & Bike Extravaganza are: Victoria Electric Vehicle Club:…
March 11, 2017 Tesla co-founder and Chief Technical Officer J.B. Straubel will be speaking at the sold-out BC Tech Summit taking place March 13-14, 2017 in Vancouver, BC. He is scheduled for Tuesday morning to present “Electric Vehicles and the Sustainable Energy Revolution.” From Wikipedia: Jeffrey Brian “JB” Straubel (born December 20, 1975) is part of the founding team and…
Lisa Locke, VEVC Editor January 15, 2017 A huge thank you and congratulations to Jim Henshaw and all the VEVC volunteers for making this year’s Victoria Royals ECO Night a great success! There were 7,000 people attending the game, a near-sold out crowd cheering on the Royals against their rivals the Kelowna Rockets. The VEVC hosted the 50-50 draw,…
Jim Henshaw, ECO Night Event Co-ordinator December 11, 2016 It is with great pleasure that the Victoria Electric Vehicle Club announces its Fourth Annual ECO NIGHT on Friday, January 13, 2017 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena starting at 7:05pm. Those attending get to see Victoria’s Royals take on their arch-rivals, the Kelowna Rockets. Last year’s final game between these two…
December 3, 2016 Last Saturday, November 26, 2016, thousands of Victorian’s shrugged at the rain and came out to watch Santa’s Light Parade. The Victoria EV Club participated with a variety of all-electric vehicles shown below: Nissan LEAF, Zero S electric motorcycle, Ford Focus electric, Tesla Model X, Smart electric, Tesla Model S, and a Kia Soul. A huge thank…
ISLAND FARMS SANTA’S LIGHT PARADE Saturday Nov 26th, Government Street, 5:45 PM It’s that time of year, the Island Farms Santa’s Light Parade! Victoria EV Club is proud to represent our EV community by promoting the transition to sustainable energy. VEVC will be present in this year’s parade with six electric vehicles including two new EV entries, the Ford Focus, generously provided by…
Saturday September 10, 2016 was the 5th annual Esquimalt Car Show, and the Victoria EV Club was in attendance with 13 electric vehicles, a band with instruments powered by a LEAF, two visiting dogs and many members helping out! We had 8 LEAFs, 2 Teslas, 1 MiEV, 1 Kia Soul EV, an eSmart and a Bradley Electric. For hours…
Join VEVC at Esquimalt Car Show Sept 10, 2016 This Saturday, September 10, from 10 am to 2 pm join the Victoria Electric Vehicle Club at the 5th Annual Car Show in Esquimalt! Bring your friends and family, your electric vehicle if you wish, and visit our booth! We will be selling early bird tickets to the ECO NIGHT Royals Game for…
Tesla Model S Ventures North Of 60th Parallel In Canada For First Time Ever Steven Loveday, InsideEvs.com, August 31, 2016 Lisa and James Locke, proud Tesla Model S owners from Sooke, British Colombia on Vancouver Island, shared their love of Tesla and their road trip experiences with Tesla Motors. They named their Model S the “Polar Express” as it…
by Lisa Locke, July 30, 2016 July 29, 2016: The Tesla Gigafactory 1 just outside of Reno, NV had its grand opening party, James and I were lucky to score invitations. What an awesome trip! Read about the Gigafactory here. Tesla video of the event and presentation follows the pictures. Photographs Tesla Video
