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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
“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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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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