Arbutus Ridge Golf Club EV Roadtrip “Trophy Award Dinner” VEVC is pleased to announce our first Golfing Road Trip. Dr. Marty Cole has accepted the appointment as our Tournament Director. Dr. Cole is a practicing podiatrist and has clinics in Victoria, Duncan and Nanaimo. Marty has a 2016 Nissan LEAF and according to him: “I just love my Nissan LEAF,”…
Comox Glacier Expedition Kelvin Kedves Expedition Leader, Geologist and former RCMP officer. VEVC has appointed former RCMP officer Kelvin Kedves, MiEV owner to lead an expedition up to the Comox Glacier. Kelvin studied geology at the University of Saskatchewan and VEVC is proud to have him lead this investigation. The idea is to start with an exciting EV road trip to the…
By James Foster, CJAD 800 Would buying a home with a pre-installed electric car charging outlet persuade you to give up your gas guzzler? The Quebec government sure hopes so. According to the Journal de Montreal the Couillard government will soon require all new homes built in Quebec to have a 240 volt external outlet for recharging electric vehicles. Adding the…
Link provided by Silke Sommerfeld, VEVC board member, Blog: TeslaXCanada. We have known cities to be great power-guzzlers, having a huge appetite for consuming electricity to power its homes and buildings. To generate electricity for such cities through renewable sources like solar becomes a difficult task given the vast amount of area required to place the solar panels. But a…
Link provided by Lisa Locke, VEVC Chief Editor, Electrical Engineer. The new legislation will help the city meet its goal of sourcing 100% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020. San Francisco has this week passed landmark legislation requiring all new buildings under 10 storeys in height to be fitted with rooftop solar panels. The city’s San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously…
Mitsubishi Motors admits falsifying fuel economy test Jim Henshaw, VEVC board member, Blog: Legion of Decency Mitsubishi Motors has admitted falsifying fuel economy data for more than 600,000 vehicles sold in Japan. Tire pressure figures were falsified by employees to flatter mileage rates, the company said. Almost 470,000 vehicles that Mitsubishi made for Nissan were affected and the issue…
The Honourable Judith Guichon, Lt. Governor of BC attends Sustainability Festival The 5th annual Creatively United for the Planet Festival had their Sustainability Showcase last weekend at Oak Bay Secondary with a vast display of electric cars, living simply workshops, renewable energy and more. What a great honour to be invited and to have my picture taken (see above) with…
Nissan LEAF Mission Possible Your mission to go electric is now possible. Campus Nissan has an amazing sale event, see details in our VEVC YouTube Video. (Music will cut off after a short while.) Please note Campus Nissan’s SPRING SALES EVENT lasts until the end of April. The Nissan LEAF is a great electric car that you can buy today. No…
Netherlands proposes banning gas, diesel car sales by 2025 Author: John Beltz Snyder Link Provided by: Dumitru Streza, a mechanical engineer at Crofton Mill – Pulp and Paper, who drives daily to work and back from Colwood in his LEAF. Battery electrics, fuel cells should be the only legal options. What are the odds you’ll live to see a world, or even…
UN: 2015 record year for global renewables investment By Mark Kinver, Environment reporter, BBC News, 24 March 2016 Link provided by Jim Hill (shown at left), Musical director of the Canadian performing arts. LEAF (named Perl) Owner, and dog named Hunter Global investment in renewable energy hit a record US$285.9 billion in 2015, beating the previous high of $278.5…
