Clean-tech information group Fleetcarma has released a report indicating that 8.3 percent of new vehicles sold in Canada were fully electric. Numbers from January to the end of September 2018 reveal that 34,357 EVs were sold nationwide. The bulk of these went to buyers in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, where the latter province’s EV figures amounted to 15% of…
FleetCarma has just released 2nd Quarter numbers on Canadian EV adoption and they are staggering. Even discounting the rapid release of the Tesla Model 3 into Canadian jurisdictions and a rush to redeem Ontario EV rebates before those funds are eliminated, the number of EV adoptions has still increased by 143%. Last week we heard that the Tesla Model 3…
futurism.com In Brief: The Chinese city of Beijing plans to spend $1.3 billion to convert its fleet of 70,000 taxis to electric power. The move will potentially save the taxi companies money and reduce pollution in the city, which reaches hazardous levels on a semi-regular basis. The Future of Taxis Electric vehicles have been growing in popularity among fleet operators,…
by Andrew McCredie, February 26, 2017, driving.ca/hyundai KELOWNA, B.C. — It’s testimony to how far electric vehicles have come in the last half-decade that Hyundai Canada chose the B.C. Interior in February to launch its all-new Ioniq. With EVs of just a couple of years ago, the very notion of having the nation’s automotive press crank up the heat and…
Jake Spring, January 14, 2017, Globe and Mail More electric cars are sold in China than in the rest of the world combined, but are mainly locally-branded models that are cheaper and have a shorter range than those offered by foreign auto makers such as Tesla and Nissan. The Chinese-branded electric vehicle (EV) market is propped up by huge government…
30 Reasons Your Next Car Should be Electric There’s an unstoppable force underway in the transportation market, and I’m not talking about mass adoption of Segways (sorry, Bill Gates). No, it’s about the technology that has come to dominate CleanTechnica coverage — electric transport. Electric cars, electric buses, and electric trucks are simply better than their gasoline predecessors. They offer a more…
Chevrolet Bolt Configurator Goes Live – Build Your Own Now 12 hours ago by Eric Loveday 36Comments Inside EVs Chevy Bolt Configurator Via Costco Via Costco’s auto program, we now have our first full look at the configurator for the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt. Pricing for all options are listed, so essentially you can now go ahead and build the Bolt…
City of Montreal amps up electric car charging network 50 new charging stations will be installed across 7 boroughs By Brennan Neill, CBC News Posted: Nov 10, 2016 1:12 PM ETLast Updated: Nov 10, 2016 1:12 PM ET The City of Montreal said it plans to have 1,000 charging stations installed across all boroughs by 2020. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press) 45 shares…
Seth Weintraub, Electrek.co, September 11, 2016 …You’ve done the first 240 miles of California highway with relative ease. But how do you do the second 240 miles? And 3rd…? In short, can you drive cross country? I’m more than impressed with the Chevy Bolt so far – it has exceeded my expectations by at least 20 miles of range…
Seth Weintraub, Electrek.co, September 28, 2016 It has been a few months since our last in depth EV review with the 2016 Chevy Volt so we’re excited to jump into another in-depth review: The 2016 Kia Soul EV. I got the Soul EV yesterday driven from New Jersey about 52 miles away. With most other sub-100 mile commuter EVs this…