Electric Cars Attract Beautiful People Silke Sommerfeld, “Esquimalt Celebration of Light ” Volunteer in our test drive registration booth. Our booth was the only one fitted out with free organic juices and a green carpet made of recycled bottles. Karen Gibbons, of Pedego Bicycles Oak Bay at our Esquimalt event, real cool electric bikes. Check them out the next time you are in Oak…
Volkswagen’s “Hippie Van” Comeback is Officially Confirmed Volkswagen 100% Electric Camper Bus 100% electric vehicle! No gas! No tail pipes! The new Volkswagen Electric Camper Bus is a 100% electric camper bus with a choice of 400 or 500 km (250 or 310 mile) range. Good news surfaced for the Kombi fanatics when it was officially confirmed that the microbus is…
Esquimalt Celebration of Lights Saturday September 12th is our 4th annual event I hope the VLC members will be able to attend. This year our feature attraction is the Ashton Military Museum Vehicles. The used to have an army base at Macaulay Point, so I thought I would bring the army back! Cars, Rods & Rides – fredwiss@gmail.com – Gmail
Pender Island EV Show Success Contagious EV smile inevitable once you drive an electric car. Pender Islanders no exception. The concept of vanishing credit card gas bills and solar charging was good news to islanders. It was our pleasure to introduce folks to the advantages of 21st century transportation. Our message to show visitors: “There are better things you can…
EVs At Pender Island Fall Fair By Gord A. Bailey The Pender Leaf community would appreciate your presence at the Pender Island Fall Fair, August 22nd, 2015. The four or five Leaf or electric car owners on Pender Island will have designated parking for EVs only. We’d be delighted if you would like to join us. In the past, we…
SSI EV SHOW Schedule By Jim Standen There are many B&B’s on SSI and I would recommend checking out the Chamber of Commerce listings: http://www.saltspringtourism.com/accommodations-2/. Salt Spring Inn, Hedgerow B&B and Gatehouse B&B have recently installed Level II chargers. For those on a “Tesla” budget, there is Hastings house, also close to theFriday evening event. Hi All, I have booked…
New VLC Sponsor VLC welcomes Julian Sale of Motorize Auto Direct inc. as one of our sponsors. Julian brings in used US Nissan LEAFs from the US as does Campus Nissan and makes them available to the public at competitive pricing. Nissan of Canada stands behind the manufacturers warranties through our local LEAF certified local Campus Nissan service provider. Julian…
EVs only on Salt Spring Island EVs only on Salt Spring Island you say? Not quite. Gas delivery to Salt Spring Island may stop altogether if the rate of electric car and solar charging adoption continues at this current pace. Electric cars are coming into Victoria by the truckload and Islanders can’t wait to get their hands on an electric…
Used Nissan Leaf Should I Buy A Used Nissan Leaf (Or Another Electric Car)? About 15 million people buy a new vehicle in the U.S. each year, on average–but almost 40 million buy used cars in that same year. Modern electric cars have been sold in the U.S. since December 2010. Not surprisingly, they’re started to show up on used-car…
Clean Air Day Show and Tell 3 June 2015 Ministry of Environment’s Clean Air Day activities on Wednesday, June 3 from 10-1pm (2975 Jutland). VLC’s fourth ” Clean Air Day ” Celebration at the Ministry of Environment. VLC strongly advocates the improvement of our air quality by removing all diesel engine from our cities by 2020, replacing all existing busses…
