Plug N Drive

MARCH 20, 2024

March 20, 2024, Toronto, Ontario – Plug’n Drive, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) across Canada, proudly announces the appointment of Ottawa-based Tracy Walden to the newly-created role of Vice President of Communications.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

The Ram ProMaster is a Fiat design dating to 2014, but it now offers an up-to-date electric powertrain. In January, Stellantis said its Ram truck brand would start selling the ProMaster EV, a battery-electric model of the ProMaster van that it restyled and updated for 2023. GM’s BrightDrop vans are assembled in Ingersoll, Canada.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2015

New work by a team at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada has found that more than one-third of Canadian buyers want a plug-in vehicle (PEV), with the majority of those (89—93%) wanting a plug-in hybrid rather than a pure electric vehicle. Impact of constraints on PEV sales in British Columbia, 2020. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2014

The WattStation Connect network will enable Ford to gather information on charging station use. Ford Motor Company, in conjunction with GE, will supply electric vehicle charging stations at Ford facilities nationwide, beginning with facilities in and around its headquarters. Click to enlarge.

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Plug N Drive

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The transition to electrified transportation continues to gain momentum as more electric vehicle (EV) models emerge on the market, government incentive programs expand and the total share of EV passenger car sales grows. As EV usage grows across Canada, workplaces will be under increasing pressure to offer EV charging access for employees.

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Plug N Drive

JANUARY 14, 2021

This interactive website is the first of its kind in Canada that allows users to compare gas and electric cars and, based on their driving habits and budget, find the electric vehicle (EV) model that works best for their lifestyle. A database of electric vehicle (EV) incentives offered in Canada.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Many fleet owners and operators are interested in reducing operational and maintenance costs with electric vehicles (EVs), but they worry about vehicle safety. To meet these standards, vehicles must undergo an extensive, long-established testing process, regardless of whether the vehicle operates on gasoline or electricity.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 31, 2024

All-New Compact Electric SUV The 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV is hoping to be what many people have been waiting for—a 300+ mile all-electric range (AER) compact SUV that, with incentives, will be priced in the high $20,000 to low $30,000 range. The first Equinox EV, available in June 2024, is the RS trim, the one reviewed here. (Ed.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. Without a driveway and a garage, how can I set up charging at home? Will we have a universal standard for charging? What exactly is fast charging? A lot of current and upcoming electric cars are in the 300-mile range.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. Without a driveway and a garage, how can I set up charging at home? Will we have a universal standard for charging? What exactly is fast charging? A lot of current and upcoming electric cars are in the 300-mile range.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2022

An international team of researchers led by Quanguan Pang at Peking University and Donald Sadoway at MIT reports a bidirectional, rapidly charging aluminum–chalcogen battery operating with a molten-salt electrolyte composed of NaCl–KCl–AlCl 3. The heat is naturally produced electrochemically by the charging and discharging of the battery.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 30, 2023

The dealers attended a market-wide retailers meeting in Vancouver held in May and noted that the automaker was fretting about consumer hesitancy over expensive electric vehicles. Electrification, we’re all eager for it,” Perry Itzcovitch, dealer principal of Mercedes-Benz Downtown in Calgary, told Automotive News Canada.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 9, 2024

Prospects and Challenges in 2024 Combining the environmental benefits of electric vehicles (EVs) with the long-range and rapid refueling of traditional gasoline vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are becoming a compelling option for eco-minded car owners. and Canada, poses a major obstacle.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In 2017, only about 115,000 pure electric vehicles were sold in the United States. According to a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Americans will buy a total of 657,000 electric vehicles in 2021. The United States has also joined the electric transition due to global warming. will be electric vehicles.

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Charged EVs

MAY 7, 2024

The Ram ProMaster is a Fiat design dating to 2014, but it now offers an up-to-date electric powertrain. In January, Stellantis said its Ram truck brand would start selling the ProMaster EV, a battery-electric model of the ProMaster van that it restyled and updated for 2023. GM’s BrightDrop vans are assembled in Ingersoll, Canada.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2022

billion over the next five years in the North American region (NAR) (Canada, Mexico, United States) to boost its product portfolio, regional R&D and manufacturing capabilities. In its place, Volkswagen will advance its electric line-up, including the American-assembled ID.4 4 electric SUV at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, TN, facilities.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 29, 2024

Electric vehicle subsidies went from temporary to indefinite and combustion bans have gone from right around the corner to anyone’s guess. Despite Europe having adopted battery electric vehicles far more quickly than North America, the market is still confronting a lot of the same problems. I think it could be delayed."

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In response, Ethiopia’s Transport and Logistics Ministries have announced that automobiles cannot enter Ethiopia, unless they are electric. (!) Details were scarce, but he has announced that, “ a decision has been made, that automobiles cannot enter Ethiopia unless they are electric ones.” Hang on,” I responded. “I

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

million electric vehicles on Québec roads is targeted by 2030. This target will be achieved in particular through optimal complementarity between the electricity and gas networks and the use of dual energy, energy efficiency, the conversion of fuel oil to electricity and the use of renewable natural gas and other renewable energy sources.

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Plug N Drive

JUNE 30, 2021

Today, we see similar consumer skepticism towards electric vehicle (EV) technology. Overcoming these concerns and getting more Canadians behind the wheel of an EV will require nothing short of a national effort to incentivize consumers to purchase EVs, build charging infrastructure and increase consumer awareness and education.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 16, 2024

government recently backed down from enacting tough new measures that would have forced automakers to quadruple their sales of electric vehicles by 2030. The move would have raised market share of all-electric vehicles in the U.S. But Canada might have a fight on its hands that mirrors what the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2015

A new Canada-wide study conducted by Simon Fraser University researchers found that awareness of public chargers is not a strong predictor of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) interest; other variables are more important, such as the availability of level 1 (110/120-volt) charging at home.

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Blink Charging

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Electric vehicle (EV) fleets have so many more advantages over internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. There is a little bit more of an upfront cost but your fuel savings within a year or so are amazing,” says Marc Beghin, a Blink reseller based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Off-peak charging. Lower Fuel Costs.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

Choosing “best of” or “most important” new cars is always dicey, and doubly so with electric vehicles. Kia EV9: the first mass-market 3-row electric SUV Because it’s a mid-size SUV with three rows of seats, Kia’s next EV—and its largest to date—should be a familiar and appealing product for North American buyers. Now we’ve driven both.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

All-New Compact Electric SUV. An all-electric compact SUV at this price that may qualify for federal and state incentives just may be the steal of the decade. Single electric motor with front-wheel drive 210 horsepower and 242 pound-feet of torque 250-300 mile all-electric driving range. Here is what we know so far.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Mayor Dan Pike; and local businesses including Starbucks and REI, celebrated the ground breaking of the state’s first DC fast charger and its segment of the West Coast Electric Highway. The state’s first public DC fast-charging station is located in the Bellingham’s Sehome Village Shopping Center. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2018

A new study by a team from Aarhus University in Denmark has found that car dealerships pose a significant barrier to electric vehicle adoption at the point of sale due to a perceived lack of business case viability in relation to gasoline and diesel vehicles. Their study is published in the journal Nature. outside of Norway.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2013

These will be the first public stations in eastern Canada to offer liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel. In addition to LNG, and compressed natural gas (CNG) in some cases, the stations will distribute diesel, gasoline, propane and biofuel, and make electric vehicle charging equipment available to users.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 23, 2021

We see images of the upcoming BMW i4 BEV, Jeep Wrangler Magneto BEV concept, Rivian announces their new charging networks, and much, much, more. BMW also said it will have a dozen all-electric models on the road by 2023, covering 90% of market segments, and expects the Mini brand to be all-electric “by the early 2030s.”

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. A team at the Université de Sherbrooke, Ontario, Canada has developed a prototype small-displacement (. Generous squish promotes charge turbulence near TDC for rapid mixing and short combustion duration.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2015

Eight in ten (80%) Canadians “agree” (33% strongly/48% somewhat) that “ electric cars are the way of the future ”, according to a new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Hyundai. One in three (33%) “disagrees” (8% strongly/25% somewhat) that electric-powered cars are too much hassle.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 8, 2021

or Canada going back to in-person school soon? The good news is, electric vehicles (EVs) are trending among younger drivers, with more than 5.6 While it doesn’t go far and doesn’t charge fast enough, it’s still ideal for campus commuting. Still thinking about getting your student an electric vehicle? Conclusion.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

The all-electric Kia EV9 has been voted the World’s Best Car for 2024 by the panel of journalists judging the Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year (WWCOTY). ” Why the Kia EV9 won After careful analysis and thorough examination, the verdict overwhelmingly favours the Kia EV9 as the leading choice in the realm of electric SUVs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2009

The all-electric range of the Prius Plug-In (23 km) will cover more than 50% of distances driven by single cars each day in Japan, according to Toyota. Gasoline-electric hybrid fuel efficiency. Electricity efficiency. Battery charging power consumption. Click to enlarge. Prius Plug-In Performance Specs (Japan).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2013

will serve customers in the United States and Canada, and will be certified to US EPA 2013 NO x and PM emissions levels. Many of our customers have asked for a Cummins alternative for gasoline or other small displacement automotive diesel engines. Like the new 5.0L Cummins ISV5.0 Cummins ISV5.0

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

gasoline engine cutaway chassis. Propane fuel, when compared to diesel and gasoline, provides a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and has the potential to reduce fuel costs with the federal tax credit of $0.50 the Collins Super Bantam). per gallon for propane. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2013

The automaker introduced the “CrossBlue SUV” concept—developed specifically for the US and Canada—at the North American International Auto Show earlier this year. The CrossBlue Coupé can be driven in all-electric mode over a distance of up to 33 kilometers (20 miles) at a maximum speed of 120 km/h (75 mph). Earlier post ).

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