If you’re in the market for a new car and deciding between a traditional gas-powered car, a hybrid or maybe an electric vehicle, but you have questions. General Motors has a new tool that allows you to ask an EV expert.
Drivers are embracing electric vehicles faster than industry analysts had expected, and sales are booming. But those e-wheelers will need somewhere to charge up, creating an infrastructure problem much less glamorous than the latest electrified sports car.
The coronavirus pandemic has slowed auto development and production, but manufacturers’ plans to introduce electric vehicles (EVs) continue unabated. In fact, dozens of pure electric models are set to debut by the end of 2024.
According to Brendan Sweeney, who has spent decades researching Canada's automotive sector, the industry has now moved away from an existential threat to a stunning new opportunity. Not only does the country have established automotive parts and assembly manufacturing, but uniquely, it also has the essential ingredients to create the new electric battery infrastructure.
The number of Canadians looking to buy electric vehicles (EVs) in 2022 has hit its highest level yet, according to the latest EY Mobility Consumer Index. It shows that 46% of respondents planning to buy a car will choose an EV, up 11% per cent from 2021.
New data from Statistics Canada show that 65,253 new battery-only and plug-in hybrid electric cars were registered across Canada during the first nine months of 2021, more than the number registered across 12 months in any previous year.
Currently there are about 500 electric vehicles on the road in Nova Scotia, but the province has just passed legislation making it mandatory for 30 per cent of all new car sales to be zero-emission vehicles by 2030.
The Detroit-based company General Motors says it plans to install 40,000 stations across the U.S. and Canada over the next year, part of a pledge to spend $750 million US to beef up its electric vehicle infrastructure by 2025.
After an intense and brief campaign, Canada has a new, old government: the Liberal Party’s minority government has been upheld and now the clean transport industry is ready to hold all the parties to their climate-crisis and emission-reducing pledges.
These EVs aren't for sale yet but are in various stages from concept to production—and perhaps a few may never see the light of day.
The network will include fast chargers and waypoint Level 2 AC chargers.
A new type of battery could finally make electric cars as convenient and cheap as gas ones.