Electric Vehicle & Infrastructure Summit

IT in Canada: Conference Review

What EV adoption leaders can tell us

The road to electric vehicle acceptance has been more cart track than superhighway. While there may never be a definitive answer to the question, “Who killed the electric car?”, what is clear is that adoption has occurred in fits and starts due to misinformation about EV costs, range, performance and charging infrastructure...

IT in Canada: Conference Review

EVs here to stay

Day one of the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Summit served up an inspired mix of industry, research and policy advocates who aimed at delivering a clear message – this time, the electric vehicle is here to stay. The source of this optimism stems from an alignment of consumer interest and OEM activity, reflected in the fact that virtually all major car manufacturers are either in production or planning launch of an electric vehicle of one sort or another in the very near term...

“Ontario fires up EV charging station rebate plan”

The Ontario government increased public support for electric vehicles this week, with its announcement of a rebate on EV charging stations for consumers or businesses of up to $1,000.

Starting Jan. 1, 2013, the government will cover 50 per cent of the total purchase and installation cost of installing a 240-volt charging station at their home or workplace, up to a rebate limit of $1,000, whichever is lower. The program is aimed at homeowners and businesses who received a provincial electric vehicle rebate and have installed or are planning to install an electric vehicle charging station, or to help potential plug-in car buyers interested in low or zero local emissions vehicles, but reticent about the extra upfront costs involved...

Electric vehicles summit shows need for new infrastructure

While electric vehicles are far from mainstream now, many more of us will be driving electric cars or riding on electrically charged buses in the coming decades. Ontario has a goal of having electric vehicles make up 5% of the vehicles on its roads by 2020. British Columbia and Quebec are further along. In Vancouver a pilot study involving 70 public charging stations is underway, and Quebec Hydro already has 150 charging stations installed in 34 cities...