The adoption of electric vehicles in Newfoundland and Labrador will reduce emissions, save families money, and help with rate mitigation.
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Want to draw EV owners to your business or area and help them when they arrive? Our new step-by-step guide offers many suggestions - and many won't cost you a cent! Comments and suggestions welcome. @HospitalityNL @MunicipalNL
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Interested in meeting EV owners, learning from them and sharing your own experiences? We're doing a West Coast tour July 7 to 12. Hope to see you there!
ALT West Coast EV roadshow meeting 12:00 to 14:00 July 7 GFW 7 Cromer Ave, Jul 8 Deer Lake Joe Butt's Lookout, Corner Brook Jul 10, Margaret Bowater Park, Stephenville Jul 11, Kin Sqare, Main Street, and Jul 12 Port aux Basques Scott's Cove Park. Also Jul 9 Rocky Harbour Pharmasave 10-12
Today's @CBCCrosstalk about EVs (with the welcome return of @AnthonyGermain as guest host) is now available online. Glad to have been invited with @EVsIRL and always happy to answer questions on Facebook - soon also in our new info centre in St John's! cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-8…
Tune in to @CBCCrosstalk on Monday for a call-in show on EVs featuring co-founder of the group Jon Seary and journalist @davidrbrake who recently drove his new EV to Ontario and back. Ask us anything! #NLTraffic #EVNL cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-8…
These are all "Level 2" chargers FYI and will cost $1.50/hr to use.The city is talking to @takeCHARGENL about also hosting fast "Level 3" chargers like those along the TCH through this program (cities and businesses still have time to apply!) takechargenl.ca/chargerhost/ #nltraffic
At yesterday's @CityofStJohns council meeting they approved 26 electric vehicle charging stations at these locations - 18 of them available to the public - costing $118,902.00. @jamiekorab told @DriveElectricNL they could be installed by year end. pub-stjohns.escribemeetings.…
Thanks! We invite anyone EV-curious to drop by facebook.com/groups/electric… to join the fun...
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Lots of good EV infrastructure support ideas in the consultation - make sure to attend and ensure the council knows they would be valued!
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Excellent proposals in the @CityofStJohns community climate action plan include an EV education campaign, working with local dealerships to improve access to EVs, mandating EV purchases as default for new city vehicles. Read more and comment here #SJPoli engagestjohns.ca/planning-fo…
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It's already in place in several cities in BC 🇨🇦 but would be welcome in other cities. @CityofStJohns has discussed but has it become confirmed policy? pluginbc.ca/policy/
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@elonmusk Superchargers are not “across Canada” yet - there are still none in Newfoundland and Labrador. We want to help get them done - what do you need? #DriveElectricNL
"Spoiler alert: it's very tough to save more than pennies a litre." Unless, of course, you switch to an electric car....
📰 News Release: Supporting the Development of Electric Vehicle Specialized Training at College of the North Atlantic via @IPGS_GovNL @CNA_News #GovNL
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Getting an EV won't just save you 100% of your gas costs, it also saves you around 40% of your maintenance costs - see this new 227 page (!) US government report from @argonne about total cost of ownership publications.anl.gov/anlpubs…
🧵 The federal parties have announced their EV plans. @liberal_party says 50% of new light use vehicles sold must be zero emission by 2030 and it and the @NDP say all new light trucks and cars must be 2035. The @CPC_HQ target is 30% by 2030. 1/
EV driver and advocate @davidrbrake has updated his guide for EV users and the EV interested here in NL. docs.google.com/document/d/1…
By September @AllEVCanada announced they will be opening two used EV showrooms in Newfoundland - one in Corner Brook and one in St John's. They'll be joining @EVNetCanada which has been selling and renting used EVs for several years across NL from its base in YYT.
Not all EVs are build to enable this but with appropriate regulatory and technical support your EV could protect you from blackouts and help the province phase out Holyrood faster...
EDF and Nissan have launched a new service for UK businesses that enables electric vehicle fleets to access vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging technology.
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A new EV price point - $37995 for a Chinese SUV with a 400km range - coming to Canada early next year. Heard about it on this podcast by @McCAuto podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas… website for the car is here imperiummotorcompany.com/imp…
This just in via @MikeColias at the @WSJ - sales of electric vehicles are exploding in the US. "Auto companies collectively are spending $330 billion over the next five years to bring more plug-in models to showrooms". wsj.com/articles/electric-ve…
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Even with higher manufacturing emissions, "Lifetime emissions for an EV in Europe are between 66 and 69 percent lower compared to that of a gas vehicle. In the US [...] 60 to 68 percent fewer emissions. In China, which uses more coal, 37 to 45 percent." theverge.com/2021/7/21/22585…