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Branson Launches Civic Carbon Challenge
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| Feb 17, 2010 - Sir Richard Branson held a Carbon War Room during the 2010 Olympics with civic representatives from cities including Copenhagen, London, Portland, Atlanta and Chicago as well as financiers and industry leaders with an aim to remove carbon from 10 top performing cities over a 30-month period. “Vancouver has actually walked the talk — or [in] this city should I say cycle the talk — reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels while the population has grown 30 per cent,” Branson said. (more ...)
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Olympic Torch by EV
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 Feb 1, 2010 - On the morning of Feb 5th 2010, Tzeporah Berman, founder of PowerUp Canada - Canadians for Climate Leadership delivered the Olympic Torch by an E-Ride electric scooter in Squamish. She was torchbearer number #OTR099-048. Steve from Greenwitt has YouTube video! Click on here ... (more ...)
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EV Charging Stations Installed At Whistler Conference Centre
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| Jan 11, 2010 - With a nod to the future, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) has installed four new electric vehicle charging stations in the first level of the Whistler Conference Centre underground parking lot. Activated this week, the stations allow electric vehicles to boost their batteries free of charge before heading to Vancouver and beyond. It takes about four hours to charge a electric car battery. At six cents per kilowatt-hour, Dave Patterson, RMOW Manager of Park and Village Operations, said charging drivers for the power would cost more than giving it away for free. Many thanks to Dave Patterson for responding positively to VEVA's request last May to install EV infrastructure.The new Whistler public EV charging plugs are 5-20R T-slot and 14-50 on dedicated circuits. That should get your Tesla home. (more ...)
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EV Charging Guidelines - BC Hydro
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| Nov 20, 2009 - BC Hydro has written a public document dated July 2009 with guidelines for planners and installers of EV charging points. This is the first of its kind in BC and all installers should read it. Click on the link to get the 64-page PDF. (more ...)
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240SX EV Emerges
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| Oct 21, 2009 - VEVA's Gerry Martselos has finished his long-time-coming 240SX conversion with 11-inch DC motor, 1000+ amp controller and 144 volts of Hawker Odyssey AGMs. Click on the link for the photo gallery. (more ...)
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EV Available to Members!
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| Aug 10, 2009 - VEVA Members now have the opportunity to be the greenest driver on four wheels! Buttercup, our NEV is now available to members at no cost for three month trials as long as you insure the vehicle personally and allow us to trailer it to one or two special events during the year.
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Will electric cars survive?
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| Jun 5, 2009 - Irwin Loy, 24 Hours - Lowell Leifso hasn't filled up at a gas station once since he bought a sparkling grey Toyota RAV4 earlier this year. He hasn't needed to. (more ...)
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Electric Cars Big News in Vancouver
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| Apr 6, 2009 - At the recent Auto Show, with BC Hydro and the City of Vancouver, electric plug-in cars are big news. The EPIC section that VEVA was part of had no fewer than ten cars sporting plugs. From the major manufacturers in the main display area we saw both a Dodge Circuit EV (Lotus Europa chassis) and the Mitsubishi iMiEV. These two cars you cannot buy today but they are certainly "just around the corner". Check out articles from the Vancouver Sun and the BC Hydro press release. (Michael Smith photo)
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Electric Snowmobile Hits Whistler
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 Mar 8, 2009 - mountainlifemag.ca - Thanks to electricity, the hills may one day be alive with the sounds of…silence. In December a team from McGill University, working with Canadian Snowmobile Adventures, unveiled a prototype electric sled in Whistler for field tests. Although designed more with maintenance and light travel in mind, rather than highmarks and 100-plus foot airs, the battery-operated machine still made quite an impact. Despite being designed to operate on a relatively flat ice cap in Greenland we ran it from mid-station to the top of Whistler and back a few different times and it was able to climb and cover the terrain required. (more ...)
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BC Ministries Support Plugs
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| Nov 26, 2008 - VICTORIA – The Province is investing nearly $400,000 to support plug-in electric vehicles and related monitoring equipment around B.C., Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Minister Richard Neufeld and Labour and Citizens’ Services Minister Iain Black announced today. There will be up to 34 plug-in electric vehicles in operation and being monitored in British Columbia. The initial vehicles are four Toyota Prius converted to plug-in hybrid electric and two pick-up trucks converted to plug-in battery electric. (more ...)
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Press Release - Verdict in on Olympic Chevy Volt
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 Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association had a special invitation from GM last week to drive the two Chevrolet Volts visiting the city for the 2010 Winter Olympics. GM generously offered 40 of the Association’s 210 members a unique opportunity to learn more about the car while it is still in pre-production. (more ...)
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Come to the Monthly VEVA Meeting
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Next meeting is Mar 17, 2010 - 7:30pm at BCIT Electrical building SE1 cafeteria (map).
Agenda: Dave Feldhaus will present on what EV organizations are up to these days, including Electric Mobility Canada and their big conference coming to the Vancouver Convention Center in Sept 2010.
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Events Calendar
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Community EVents we plan to attend ...
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Mon Sep 13 to Wed Sep 15 '10 (All day)
Electric Mobility Canada PHEV10 Conference
Location: Vancouver Sponsor: EMC (Electric Mobility Canada)
[Link]
Contact: Don Chandler
at 604-224-1136
EMC is an oganization which promotes electric transportation across Canada. Its members are individuals, groups and companies which have a stake in an electric transportation future. VEVA is a member of this national organization. The PHEV10 event in downtown Vancouver will begin with a Welcoming Reception on Monday September 13 and conclude with an Awards Dinner on Wednesday September 15. The Trade Show will be a one day event on most of Wednesday. Technical tours will be offered the morning of Thursday September 14. More info here
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Other Event Links ...
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LIVE NEWS  via EVWORLD.COM
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BYD Considering LA Area for Headquarters, Auto Plant, Sources Say
09 Mar 2010
City officials have been in talks with electric car maker over the last 12 months. more ...
Israel Is Test Case for an EV World
09 Mar 2010
Better Place is receiving 50 orders a day at its Israeli dealership. more ...
Mitsubishi, PSA Finalize Electric Car Agreement
09 Mar 2010
The agreement covers production of 100,000 rebadged i-MiEV electric vehicles, which will go on sale by end of 2010. more ...
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MP3 Podcasts via EVWORLD.COM
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EV FAQt
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Thinking about getting a TDI diesel to be green? Think again. It produces an average of 50 times the smog-forming emissions of a gas-burning Prius, twice that of an SUV. It will save you some money on fuel though.
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A 1912 Production Electric Car
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Shown above is VEVA's 1912 Detroit Electric.
This car was owned by Mrs. Florence French of Victoria, BC from 1912
till the 1950s. It was driven regularly until the mid-1950s.
Electric cars were popular with the ladies due to the ease of starting,
quietness and smoke-free cleanliness. The original Nickel-Iron batteries
were replaced in the late 1990s because the cases were deteriorated - but
they still worked fine!
View a photo of the Detroit at home in the
Stave Falls BC Hydro powerhouse museum, also built in 1912! It's near Mission, BC at
31338 Dewdney Trunk Road. Call ahead at 604-462-1222 for hours.
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A 2007 Production Electric Car
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The Tesla Electric Car is now in production out of England.
Designed in Silicon Valley by Lotus engineers, and backed by big names
hailing from the likes of PayPal, Google and eBay,
this performance car does 0-60 in 4 seconds with a flat torque curve
from zero to over 10,000 rpm and cruises on the freeway for 200 miles on a charge.
It uses technologies such as lithium-ion and carbon fiber.
The Signature production run of 100 was sold out in a matter of weeks
and crash testing has been completed. California Governor Arnold Swarzenegger
has ordered one since he was offered a ride in one.
The price is $98,000 US which is considered reasonable in light of
the performance class it's in.
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Detailed pictures here.
Jay Leno Reviews the Tesla
ABC News Report
Tesla Whitepaper
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Download a Bumper Sticker!
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Largest-Ever EV Rollout Coming in 5 States
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| Mar 9, 2010 - The EV Project has a total value of more than $200 million, and will support EV with home-base, commercial and public chargers in major markets in five states: Arizona (Phoenix/Tucson), Washington (Seattle), Oregon (Portland, Salem, Corvallis, Eugene), California (San Diego) and Tennessee. (more ...)
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Canada’s Electric Vehicle Technology Roadmap
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| Mar 8, 2010 - Canada’s Electric Vehicle Technology Roadmap is now available from evtrm.gc.ca. Details on implementation activities are forthcoming from the federal government. (more ...)
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Rinspeed UC? to be Network Integrated
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| Dec 22, 2009 - Swiss automaker Rinspeed's UC "Urban Commuter” or “You see?" will integrate into physical and electronic networks via Railcar Loading and Web-Connectivity. Atunomous range will be 120 km with a top speed of 110 kmh. (more ...)
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CMU's Open Source EV Project
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| Oct 31, 2009 - Carnegie Mellon University has a realistic project that uses supercaps with lead acid batteries. The supercaps not only provide power for acceleration but more importantly increases the actual energy of the batteries to suppress the Peukert effect which all chemistries have but lead has much more of. CMU is also sharing its commute data and the resultant supercap-battery algorithm that will come of it using a community model. Coverage here. (more ...)
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Plugged in
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| Sep 3, 2009 - Globe & Mail, Sep 3, 2009 - A story about how quirky Vancouver's plug-friendly politicians got on the map at Mitsubishi and Nissan. (more ...)
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Toyota plans all-electric iQ
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| Jul 30, 2009 - Toyota's iQ-based electric car, due to be launched in 2010, will get its own body style to create a stand-alone model which will become Toyota’s first all-electric car. Big pic here (more ...)
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Hydro Quebec and Ford Plug In
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| Jun 9, 2009 - National Post - Ford, in collaboration with Hydro Quebec and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), is undertaking a three-year test program on the Escape PHEV designed to develop and evaluate technical approaches for integrating PHEVs into the electric grid. (more ...)
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UK Motorists to Receive Government Grants for Electric Cars
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| Apr 9, 2009 - The Guardian - A £2,000 government grant will be provided to encourage motorists to buy electric cars as part of a fresh initiative to stimulate the green economy, ministers will announce within weeks.As Gordon Brown pledged yesterday to make Britain a "world leader" in the production of electric and hybrid cars, government sources talked of steps to be taken when the special subsidy is announced in the run-up to the budget on 22 April. BC has some catching up to do.
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Tesla Electric Sports Car Coming to Canada
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| Mar 3, 2009 - Toronto Star - California electric-car upstart Tesla Motors Inc. said today it has started taking orders for its Tesla Roadster from Canadian customers willing to pay the hotrod's luxurious price tag. Tesla said it will start delivering cars to Canadian customers in the fourth quarter, initially from retail and service facilities opening in New York and Seattle over the coming few months. Eventually, the San Carlos, Calif.-based company plans to open facilities in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. Tesla is producing about 10 Roadsters per week and has already delivered more than 200 to U.S. customers. The Roadster, which competes directly with high-performance vehicles from Porsche and Ferrari, can travel from zero to 100 kilometres per hour in four seconds. "The Tesla Roadster competes with any sports car in its class for acceleration yet is twice as energy efficient as a Toyota Prius," the company said. (more ...)
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