Victoria Saanich Fleet Cars All Electric Where there is smoke there is fire. Rumors have it Victoria and Saanich signed a deal to scrap all its diesel and gas fleet cars and switch to 100% electric. VLC welcomes this move, if true, to sustainable energy that may be the beginning of cleaning up our cities of harmful diesel and gas…
By Jim Hindson FREE ELECTRIC CAR WITH EVERY TOWNHOUSE! A first for Greater Victoria and possibly a first in the world- a brand new Electric Vehicle (EV) and fully installed wall charger when you purchase a new Zebra Design Townhome from Large & Co Developers! Every unit in the 10 unit development ParkView at 1060 Tillicum Road near Craigflower, comes with…
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…
Oak Bay Collector Car Festival . About 250 / 300 vehicles . Police crowd estimate 15000 (3 changes of 5,000 people ) Name . Oak Bay Collector Car Festival When . Sunday August 9 th. 2015 Time . 8 a m til 3.30 pm . Location . Oak Bay Village Victoria . Event Type . Open Show. Registration . On…
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…
