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Upcoming events

    • 03/20/2024
    • 12:00 PM
    • 03/24/2024
    • 6:00 PM
    • 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver BC V6C 0C3

    VEVA will be at the Vancouver International Auto Show

    https://vancouverinternationalautoshow.com/


    CleanBC Go Electric Test Drives

    CleanBC Go Electric will be offering test drives during the Vancouver International Auto Show. See and test drive a wide variety of clean energy vehicles that qualify for BC’s point of sale purchase incentives.


                                                                                                   

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The Art Of Charging An EV In Frigid Cold

It’s clear that relatively new EV drivers — and maybe some more veteran drivers who haven’t paid enough attention — need a primer in cold weather use of their vehicles. EV drivers need to plan ahead in order to prevent a roadside mishap due to unexpected power loss and to avoid unnecessary delays and charging costs. Here is a good article to charging an EV in frigid cold. 

by CleanTechnica - Carolyn Fortuna


Tesla electric vehicle owner Bruce Stout with his car at a Tesla fast-charging station in North Vancouver on Jan. 19.

Vancouver Sun article with VEVA member Bruce Stout.

Electric vehicle drivers ride out B.C.'s winter deep freeze, just not at 100 per cent https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-ev-owners-ride-out-recent-winter-deep-freeze?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1705712332


Welcome new members!

Member Krishna V seen here with

creative heads

- Dan Caesar and Robert Llewellyn of

FullyCharged.SHOW & FullyCharged LIVE


And here is some good reading!



        VEVA members at Fully Charged Live talk about the century old Detroit Electric and the history of EVs:

Sandy Munro LIVE @ Fully Charged Live Vancouver interviews Bruce Stout about VEVA's Detroit Electric 

and joins VEVA for TWO years!

This EV Was Made When TESLA Was STILL ALIVE!

Haakon MacCallum talks about the Detroit Electric on Transport Evolved


EV Ready will get your legacy condo wired for electric car recharging!
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New EV News!

A huge battery has replaced Hawaii’s last coal plant!

Plus Power’s Kapolei battery is officially online. The pioneering project is a leading example of how to shift crucial grid functions from fossil-fueled plants to clean energy.



VEVA Members, Jacques Courteau and Donovan Whistler,

participate in a design charette to evaluate the accessibility of EV charging stall designs


On September 12, 2023, the City of Vancouver and SPARC BC (Social Planning and Research Council of BC) tested mock-ups of accessible EV charging stall designs with equipment supplied by BC Hydro.

 

Jacques and Donovan have been documenting the accessibility of EV charging designs for a number of years and were invited to participate in the charette.

 

EV charging accessibility is a core interest for VEVA and a special concern for the VEVA Government Relations Committee. As EV charging infrastructure deployment picks up pace, now is a critical time for us to ensure that the roll-out supports accessibility for all. Accessibility benefits everybody, but more particularly persons like Jacques Courteau, Donovan Whistler, Bill Hamilton and other VEVA members who cannot otherwise charge their cars. What we build now will shape the future of EV charging.

 

The goal of universal, accessible EV charging design is to ensure that all British Columbians now, and in the future, will be able to own and operate EVs and participate in the environmental benefits that result.                 

Accessible EV Charging - Event Summary - final.pdf

VEVA member, Jacques Courteau, helps remove barriers at charging stations



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