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Vancouver launches first permanent DC fast charge station for electric vehicles

The City of Vancouver and BC Hydro, along with the Province of British Columbia, Natural Resources Canada and BMW, announced the official launch of the Empire Fields DC fast charge station for...
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Velometro gearing up to take Vancouver by storm

These quirky, three-wheeled bicycles with an electric-assist motor could be coming to a neighbourhood near you as early as September 2017.

Now, this is a car I could like

If you're filling up with gas more than once a year, you're getting ripped off.

Eco-friendly Vancouver: 67 electric vehicle charging stations by 2013

Driving electric in Vancouver is about to get easier, with a plan to install 67 new charging stations by the end of 2013. But why switch? Find out more about zero-emissions vehicles.

City of Vancouver partners with BCIT and Rocky Mountain Institute to get electric cars on road

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, BCIT President Don Wright, and RMI Project Get Ready Project Manager Tripp Hyde “plugged-in” two electric vehicles today to symbolize the signing of Project Get Ready