Getting charged up at home: How to set up for an electric vehicle
When Jean-François Barsoum put a down payment on his Tesla Model X a few years ago, he didn’t know how an electric car would change his life until it rolled into his driveway this past June. “Once...
View ArticleEditorial: City of Montreal's meddling with car sharing isn't helpful
There’s nothing like needless government meddling to ruin a good idea and sink a viable business model. Such is the case with the city of Montreal’s latest moves concerning popular one-way car-sharing...
View ArticleCar2go, Communauto team up to denounce bylaws
After vaunting its plans to encourage car-sharing services in Montreal, the Coderre administration is actually putting the brakes on the environmentally friendly practice, say the heads of the city’s...
View ArticlePilot project for multi-fuel service stations coming to Quebec in 2018
Pierre Arcand, the Quebec minister of natural resources and energy, announced a pilot project Monday to implement multi-fuel stations, with the first to be available by the end of 2018. The stations...
View ArticleRoute unveiled for electric-car races
Downtown Montreal will be buzzing with some of the fastest electric cars in the world over one weekend next summer. The street circuit for the first Formula E races to be hosted in Montreal was...
View ArticleMontreal to install 100 more charging stations for electric cars
Montreal plans to install 100 on-street recharging stations for electric vehicles by the end of the year. Mayor Denis Coderre said the 50 stations that have already been installed are a success, and...
View ArticleCar2Go to update Montreal fleet, offer kid-friendly vehicles
You’ll be able to take children in Car2Go car-sharing cars by the end of the year. The car-sharing service has relied on a fleet of two-person Smart cars since it began operations in Montreal in 2013....
View ArticleMontrealer converts Mazda Miata into an electric car
Like many people, Michael DeVuyst dreamed of having an electric car, but was put off by the high price. Unlike most people, DeVuyst decided to take matters into his own hands by converting a...
View ArticleElectric Auto Racing Circuit Formula E to take over Montreal city streets
Mayor Denis Coderre has announced the city’s induction to Formula E’s 2016-2017 calendar. He said the “family-oriented and festive event” would be held on an urban track. “This race marks Montreal’s...
View ArticleBill Tierney: Getting a charge in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, but at what cost?
You can now charge your electric car at a parking space in front of Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue town hall. In a mini-coup for the cause of sustainability, announced by green town councillor Ryan Young on a...
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