Electric Vehicles: Exploring Clean Transportation Technology
On Monday, November 7th at 6:30, Wilf Steimle of the Electric Vehicle Society, and Ron Groves of Plug 'N Drive, will give a presentation on Electric Vehicles. The Program takes place at the Toronto Reference Library, in the Beeton Hall, at 6:30 pm.
If you are curious about some of the advantages of Electric Vehicles, here are just a few of the benefits:
- No engine or exhaust noise
- Breaks dependence on oil
- Maintenance is simpler, and cheaper
- New battery technology extend the range of distances
- Can use "green" source fuels
Electric vehicles have been around a long time, in fact, they were some of the first vehicles on the road. In the early years of the automobile, one third of the vehicles were electric.
Modern electric cars are now becoming more widely available, but have not made a big dent in sales, yet.
According to greencarreports.com, in an article by Stephen Edelstein, Tesla has raised the profile of electric cars, but the company has lost money for a decade. The electric Nissan Leaf is selling, but cannot compare to the millions of gasoline cars and trucks they sell globally.
The author suggests that even though electric cars don't make sense from a business standpoint, they make sense from a policy standpoint. The global climate change agreement resulting from the Paris Conference dealing with greenhouse gases emissions and mitigation, will increase the pressure leading to tougher limits on vehicle emissions and greater pressure to build zero emission electric cars.
The Province of Ontario, as part of its Climate Change Strategy is encouraging a shift to low, and zero- emission vehicles. The speakers will discuss the Electric Vehicle Incentive Program, and also the Ontario Charging Infrastructure.
Books about electric vehicles in Toronto Public Library
8 thoughts on “Electric Vehicles: Exploring Clean Transportation Technology”
great post!
great post!
Hybrid and plug-in electric vehicles can help increase energy security, improve fuel economy, lower fuel costs, and reduce emissions.
Hybrid and plug-in electric vehicles can help increase energy security, improve fuel economy, lower fuel costs, and reduce emissions.
Electric vehicles are a great idea, however, the cost of purchasing needs to be more affordable. As a truck driver, I’d like to see electric trucks on the road, sooner than later.
Electric vehicles are a great idea, however, the cost of purchasing needs to be more affordable. As a truck driver, I’d like to see electric trucks on the road, sooner than later.
I am sure electrocars are vehicles of future, it is just a question of time when they outplace usual cars. I am eager to sell ones in my country where vehicles like these are not popular yet, I already chose a template for this purpose https://www.templatemonster.com/blog/car-dealer-website-templates/ 🙂
I am sure electrocars are vehicles of future, it is just a question of time when they outplace usual cars. I am eager to sell ones in my country where vehicles like these are not popular yet, I already chose a template for this purpose https://www.templatemonster.com/blog/car-dealer-website-templates/ 🙂