The government of Canada has announced more electric vehicle chargers are coming to British Columbia and Ontario. In B.C., the City of White Rock in the Lower Mainland will see 126 new EV chargers installed at a multi-unit residential building and commercial site, part of a $630,000 CAD investment. The investment is at White Rock’s Finlay Street […]
Tesla appears to be road testing its Model S refresh in Canada, shows a new video. A 42-second clip shared by @mrgreyev shows a Model S refresh, driving on the highway in Toronto, Ontario. “2021 Model S Refresh spotted by @santoscollect on Highway 400 in Toronto today! Tesla employee doing testing,” said @mrgreyev. https://twitter.com/mrgreyev/status/1382895282543857669 The video […]
In a report released Tuesday, Canada’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Environment recommended that the federal government implement a new national Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) standard, as part of a huge list that includes 13 recommendations to “encourage the production and sale of ZEVs in Canada,” according to Electric Autonomy. The move also supports the […]
Last week the province of Saskatchewan in Canada announced it would start taxing passenger electric vehicle owners $150 CAD ($119 USD) per year. The decision would mean this is Canada’s first EV tax. On Saturday afternoon, electric vehicle owners in Saskatchewan held a rally to protest the provincial government’s decision at the legislature, with various EV […]
Canadian satellite internet company Telesat has accelerated in the race to achieve low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet, pitting them against Elon Musk’s Starlink and Jeff Bezos’s Project Kuiper, both working to offer improved satellite internet connectivity first. Calling Telesat’s LEO constellation “the Holy Grail” for shareholders, Ottawa-based Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg says the company has […]
Image credit: @tommyf902 Tesla continues to expand its Supercharger network, and another new charger in British Columbia, Canada’s Lower Mainland looks ready to open soon. The Coquitlam Tesla Supercharger located outside the Fatburger restaurant at 1090 Lougheed Highway, looks almost ready to open. A picture shared by @tommyf902 on Friday evening shows the Supercharger stalls […]
Image via @tobyliiiiiiiiii Tesla appears to be ready to open its new Supercharger in North Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, after being under construction since early March. The fence around the Superchargers came down today and Toby Li visited the location on Friday evening to share an update. “I’m the first ever Tesla to be […]
British Columbia, Canada, is one of many regions looking to make increase its electric vehicle (EV) customer base and infrastructure, and its new emissions report details how it did in 2020. According to British Columbia’s 2020 annual emissions report released this week, the province’s light-duty zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) made up 9.4% of all light-duty vehicle […]
Tesla now lets Canadians order a Model 3 with a software-limited 151 km (93 miles) of range online for $46,389 CAD ($36,891 USD) before provincial and federal rebates. The company has long let Canadians order this Standard Range version via telephone, to meet the requirements of the federal government’s iZEV $5,000 CAD rebate program. But […]
Volkswagen’s ID.4 electric vehicle (EV) is set to launch in Canada this summer, and the vehicle’s reviews are already starting to trickle around the internet. The VW ID.4 will be sold in Canada at a starting price of $44,995 CAD ($35,790 USD) for the rear-wheel-drive ID.4 Pro model, while the ID.4 all-wheel-drive Pro variant will […]
One Canadian company is betting big on Tesla’s Semi truck for the logging industry. Mosaic Forest Management has announced a partnership with local Vancouver Island, British Columbia-based service provider EcoWest Driven, in order to introduce a number of Tesla Semis to the logging industry, according to Business Examiner (via CHEK News). EcoWest Driven plans to […]
Earlier this month, Tesla follower @SawyerMerritt shared the company was looking to post jobs for its Semi truck “in the coming weeks”, with four jobs listed internally first for North America. Looks like Tesla was able to fill the 3 CA jobs internally but not the Mississuaga one. Anyway, I TOLD YOU 🤣😏 https://t.co/T7stXsIV5Z pic.twitter.com/CvUvHxPaFH […]
Despite the fact that governments around the world are attempting to incentivize sales of electric cars, in order to spur on the mainstream adoption of non-gas vehicles, one Canadian province has elected to increase a tax on the zero-emission technology. According to a report from CBC, Saskatchewan government officials have voted to create a $150 CAD […]
Starting May 1, electric vehicle (EV) owners in the province of British Columbia, Canada, will begin incurring new charging fees, as reported by City News. BC Hydro has approved the use of user fees at its fast-charging stations, which will effectively up the cost of charging for any EV driver. Still, some experts worry that […]
It’s been 155 days since Tesla mentioned its Full Self-Driving beta would make its way to Canada at some point, as meticulously tracked by Canadian @MFrunker, who has tweeted daily asking about the beta. Now, it appears we may have a sign FSD beta may be landing in Canada soon, as Tesla’s director of artificial intelligence and Autopilot Vision, […]
