EVCO's annual EV EXPO was another successful show with great weather all day. These pictures were taken late in the day and some of the exhibitors had already left by the time these pictures were taken.

Canada Science and Technology Museum (1867 St. Laurent Blvd at Lancaster)

Let's clear the air about zero-emissions vehicles. Together, we can make a better environment and reduce our transportation energy costs.

This year, our exhibitors include:
Electric Mobility Canada (national electric vehicle organization)
EnviroCentre (Ottawa)
EcologyOttawa
EV FERN Ltd
Hydro Ottawa Limited, and of course,
The Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa (EVCO)

August 12, 2011, Sympatico.ca

Seed money will fund electric car charging development

The Ontario provincial government announced it would set aside an $80 million fund to channel seed money to public and private companies who want to develop electric car recharging facilities.

Premier Dalton McGuinty is hoping this will encourage companies to draft proposals to build and test rechharging docks, and also to expand the availability of rechargers in the province.

EVCO Discussion List instructions are here:
http://evco.tricolour.net/

The "e-Beetle" ( http://ebeetle.ca/ ) is an electric car project from the University of British Columbia Electric Car Club. It drove through Ottawa on Sept 1, 2010, on it's quest to be the first Battery Electric Vehicle to drive across Canada.

Pictures

EVCO members came out to 2 events on Aug 25, to see the Mitsubishi i-MiEV that is driving across Canada. One was at Bank Street Mitsubishi, and one was at my home.
Pictures and links to media articles can be found here .
It was great to see a production EV from a major manufacturer!

David French writes:

Electric vehicles are going to have to compete against continued improvements in gasoline vehicles. Furthermore, even if there's a gasoline shortage, vehicles can run on natural gas.

Here's a link to a University of Ottawa team who have designed a car capable of travelling 1,500 miles per gallon:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/story_print.html?id=3215185&sponsor=

The good news is that their advanced motor design can be used in a gasoline electric hybrid.

My question is: how are such high efficiencies achieved?

David J. French

Renton shares this:

My daughter lives in Calgary and while out for a walk passed by a new school scheduled to open in September, and noticed the attached. On lifting the cover of the grey box behind, she noted that a key was required for activation.