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Some BC students’ yellow school buses go green

May 10, 2021 Energi Staff

Students in the Sooke School District, located just outside of Victoria, British Columbia, headed to school last week on the province’s inaugural fleet of electric school buses. “By shifting gears from diesel to electric school [Read more]

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Battery EVs more fuel efficient than ICE vehicles: CER

March 1, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Feb 24, 2021. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs)(1) for sale in Canada in 2021 are far more fuel efficient(2) than vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICEVs). This higher [Read more]

Student Resources

Cheaper, better batteries drive EV sales during 2020s

February 21, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews James Frith, head of energy storage for BloombergNEF, about the effect of falling battery prices on EV adoption. If cheap batteries hit the market sooner than expected, [Read more]

Student Resources

Canada missing opportunities to develop EV manufacturing?

January 7, 2021 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Joanna Kyriazis, senior policy advisor, about Clean Energy Canada’s new report, “Taking the Wheel,” which argues that Canada isn’t moving fast enough to develop its electric vehicle [Read more]

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Oil/gas, automotive narratives impede Canadian EV adoption

January 6, 2021 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Dr. Nathan Lemphers about his working paper, which examines transportation electrification narratives in Alberta oil/gas (negative), Ontario automotive manufacturing (uncertain), and Quebec (positive). Related links: The Stories [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Get serious about EV manufacturing, British Columbia

August 10, 2020 Energi Staff

3 things BC can do: independent agency, a lot more money, policy and regulatory changes The BC government’s decision last month to boost its support for electric vehicles by 400 per cent is a smart [Read more]

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EV sales expected to fall by 43 per cent by end of 2020

April 8, 2020 Energi Staff

Wood Mackenzie says the COVID-19 outbreak, uncertain economy as well as plummeting oil prices will have a significant impact on EV sales this year. Last year, global electric vehicle sales hit 2.2 million, however, new [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Future of EVs: GM’s “Ultium” platform and radical new battery arrive just as electric is cost-competitive with gasoline

March 8, 2020 Markham Hislop

“We are aggressively going after every aspect of the EV ecosystem because we need millions of EVs on the roads to make a meaningful impact toward building a zero-emission world.” – GM CEO Mary Barra [Read more]

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VW EV sales hit 250,000 mark

December 27, 2019 Energi Staff

Volkswagen announced it has delivered its 250,000th electric vehicle this month since the introduction of the company’s commuter car, the VW e-up! in 2013. In mid-December, the company delivered the milestone vehicle, an e-Golf to [Read more]

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Petro-Canada’s coast-to-coast network of EV fast chargers complete

December 19, 2019 Energi Staff

Petro-Canada celebrated the completion of its coast-to-coast network of EV fast chargers on Tuesday when the company officially opened an electric vehicle charging station near Victoria, B.C. Known as the “Electric Highway”, the network is [Read more]

Opinion

Does gov’t support for EVs build a low-emissions future?

October 10, 2019 Energi Staff

By Leonardo Paoli, IEA Energy and Transport Researcher, and Simon Bennett, IEA Energy Technology Analyst This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Oct. 10, 2019. Encouraged by rising government support, global spending on electric [Read more]

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BC gov’t announces new rebates for EV charging stations

September 30, 2019 Energi Staff

The government of British Columbia has introduced a $4 million rebate program through CleanBC to help electric vehicle owners install EV charging stations at home and work. Michelle Mungall, Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum [Read more]

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BC adds more EV charging sites

July 16, 2019 Energi Staff

On Tuesday, the government of British Columbia announced it has added 12 EV charging sites on provincial roads and has plans to install several more. “We’re making it convenient for people who drive electric vehicles [Read more]

Canada

Average EV range almost doubled in the last six years: NEB

June 26, 2019 Energi Staff

This article was published by the National Energy Board of Canada on June 25, 2019. While electric vehicle (EV) sales in Canada have been increasing, range anxiety remains one barrier to further adoption of EVs. Range anxiety is [Read more]

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Canada

Cost of driving EVs quickly becoming competitive with conventional vehicles – NEB

June 6, 2019 Energi Staff

This article was published by the National Energy Board on June 5, 2019. In the future, electric vehicle adoption presents a key uncertainty for understanding how energy systems will evolve. In 2018 almost 44,000 electric [Read more]

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British Columbia

BC targets 100% zero emission vehicles sales by 2040

November 21, 2018 Energi Staff

Next spring, the government of BC says it will introduce legislation to phase in targets for the sale of zero emissions vehicles.  The province hopes that by 2040, all vehicle sales will be ZEVs. Province [Read more]

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Innovation

New VW EV expected to sell for under $23K to rival Tesla

November 12, 2018 Energi Staff

Volkswagen says it will offer its WV EV for under $23,000.  The company says by converting three of its factories to build electric vehicles, it will protect German jobs and rival US upstart Tesla.  VW [Read more]

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GM wants Trump to back zero emissions vehicles plan

October 26, 2018 Energi Staff

General Motors is hoping the Trump administration will support a nationwide program to increase sales of zero emissions vehicles (ZEV), despite the government’s proposal to end California’s ability to regulate more clean vehicle use. ZEV [Read more]

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Innovation

SFU researchers look to increase efficiency of LEVs

October 25, 2018 Energi Staff

SFU professor Majid Bahrami and researchers at the university’s Surrey campus are developing a 1200W passively air-cooled charger for light electric vehicles (LEVs) using graphite sheets to enhance thermal performance, eliminate parasitic cooling power and [Read more]

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Opinion

Opinion: Its a problem when most BC car dealers don’t have EVs

October 22, 2018 Energi Staff

Not only is supply short of demand, British Columbians often can’t even find EVs to test drive. Others are left waiting months to get their hands on a new model, while many dealerships seem unaware [Read more]

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