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含羞草研究社: David Suzuki gets charged up over electric vehicles

TODAY IN B.C.: Columnist Bruce Cameron and builder Todd Maliteare also talk EVs
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Todd Maliteare, Bruce Cameron and Dr. David Suzuki. (Submitted/file photos)

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In this edition of 含羞草研究社楾oday in BC含羞草研究社, host Peter McCully chats with Black Press columnist Bruce Cameron about going green, the popularity of electric and the latest on the Ballard fuel cell.

含羞草研究社淚 think just the price of gasoline going up will drive a lot of people to really take a closer look at shifting to an electric vehicle, and I think people are realizing that with the targets that are set, it含羞草研究社檚 a matter of time,含羞草研究社 he said. 含羞草研究社淚t含羞草研究社檚 not a matter of if, it含羞草研究社檚 a matter of when people shift over.含羞草研究社

Todd Maliteare of Canadian Electric Vehicles has been building smaller electric trucks, (MightETruck) on Vancouver Island since 1995 for various industries and is currently working on a medium-duty electric truck.

含羞草研究社淭he pandemic came along and shut down municipal budgets for a while,含羞草研究社 he said. 含羞草研究社淪o our sales were reduced in that area and we focused back to our roots which is gas to electric vehicle conversion. We含羞草研究社檙e seeing a lot of a renewed interest lately for obvious reasons, in those types of conversions.含羞草研究社

Dr. David Suzuki and his wife Tara Cullis recently drove from Vancouver to Toronto in an electric car, their 含羞草研究社榣ow-carbon adventure含羞草研究社 was also an opportunity to stop and view several wind and solar power projects.

含羞草研究社淐hange is happening, but it含羞草研究社檚 way too late. We need this being done on a massive scale,含羞草研究社漇uzuki said.

Asked about the cost of electricity for the road trip, he noted: 含羞草研究社淚 think the peak cost was less than $20 and we were charging three times a day. On average, I would say it含羞草研究社檚 around eight to $10 per charge.含羞草研究社

:Most of the charges that we used were at PetroCan stations,含羞草研究社 said Suzuki. 含羞草研究社淚 found it really humorous to watch these cars pulling up, their bills were over $100 and we were getting $8 and away we would go.含羞草研究社

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Peter has been a broadcaster and publisher on both of Canada含羞草研究社檚 coasts and has owned a small newspaper and run an advertising agency along the way.
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