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Electric Truck Across Canada Tour Update

Earlier this month, EV Society President Jon Seary completed the first cross-Canada tour in a fully electric truck. Accompanied by his mother, Diane Seary as photojournalist, they made the 8200 Km trip in an F150 Lightning from Victoria, BC, to St. John’s, NL, before dipping the tires in the Atlantic Ocean at Quidi Vidi.

During the 22 days on the road, Jon and Diane engaged with Canadians at every stop to show the truck, answer EV adoption questions, and serve a hot Americano from the coffee machine Jon had installed in the front trunk. Interest in the journey was significant, with members of the public, government, and business owners taking the time to stop, chat with Jon and Diane, and understand how an EV or EV truck could work for them.

Overall, the journey went well. While the cold weather had set in through Alberta and Saskatchewan, with ice-covered roads and freezing temperatures, the conditions were more moderate elsewhere. The standard range battery provided an average of 300 Km of range per charge, allowing stops that corresponded with coffee or lunch breaks. Using a combination of public fast chargers and hotel-provided charging, the total charging cost was $550.00 for the entire 8200 Km trip.

Jon recommends hospitality operators without EV chargers undertake to get several put in; “We always favoured stays where we could charge overnight. In many cases, this is a necessity for an EV owner. The cost to charge doesn’t have to be free, but the charger needs to be where you sleep.”

Jon sees a clear role for municipalities to ensure reliable public fast charging; “Public fast chargers will be used by the visitors to your community. If you would like to have those visitors come into your community, avail of your restaurants, businesses, and local interest have the fast chargers installed there. If you keep the places to charge out on the highway, that’s all we’ll see of your community.”

EV Drivers: CAA & PlugShare want to hear from you

The Canadian Automobile Association and PlugShare have partnered to conduct a comprehensive survey of Canadian EV drivers. This landmark study will explore all aspects of what it means to own an EV in Canada today, and your opinions and experiences will help improve tomorrow’s vehicles and programs. 

Save the Date

Excited to reconnect with partners from the mining, automotive, battery & energy sectors across the country to advance Canada’s EV battery electric supply chain. After a successful first conference in 2022, BEV In-Depth: Mines to Mobility is taking place at Cambrian College from May 31-June 1, 2023, in Sudbury.

IN THE NEWS: Want to know how EVs handle Prince George winter? An owner tells all 

Prince George Electric Vehicle Association member Doug Beckett commutes from Beaverly to Prince George year-round in a 2016 Nissan Leaf and shares his experience in this Prince George Citizen article. 

Up Coming Event: SCEVA; Dec 17th Festival of Lights! 

We are back with the 3rd annual Festival of Silent Lights!
This year we are thrilled to be partnering with Sunshine Coast GM to create a super fun and educational event located at 1633 Field Road, Wilson Creek.

5pm EV owners gather at Sunshine Coast GM.  Bring your car fully decorated, or join in with the decorating party and visiting that will occur from 5-6pm.  Send us an rsvp at hello@SCEVA.org and let us know to expect you.

6pm EVERYONE WELCOME!  Come one come all and view the Electric Vehicles that are covered in Holiday lights and cheer.  Fun for the whole family.
Experts on hand to answer your EV questions, and this is a great chance for non EV owners to get to see a variety of EVs up close and plan their move to the EV community.
A donation for the food bank at the door is much appreciated!

7pm the decorated EVs will pull out and go for a fun drive to Sechelt.

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EPS: 31,  EV Battery Materials from Mine Waste 

 As EV battery metal demands are set to grow several fold in the coming decades, our ability to meet those demands with current mining levels, is not yet possible. What alternative sources of battery metals can we add to our supply chain and how quickly? Dr. Mykytczuk will address this question while focussing on non-traditional sources of metal supply; specifically looking at mine wastes, called tailings. She will look at technologies available to extract battery metals from waste using biotechnology; a low energy, low cost alternative that can make these wastes and economical source of battery metals for our electrification supply chain.

Dr. Nadia Mykytczuk is currently serving as the CEO and President of MIRARCO (Mining Innovation, Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation) in Sudbury, ON. She also serves in the role of Interim Executive Director of the Goodman School of Mines at Laurentian University. Until May 2021, she was an Associate Professor and Industrial Research Chair in Biomining, Bioremediation, and Science Communication at Laurentian University.  

She continues to operate her research lab and supervise graduate students as part of her ongoing research efforts to expand biotechnology applications in mining. She is currently working on the development of a new Centre for Mine Waste Biotechnology that will be focused on extracting metals, including battery elements, from mine wastes in a low-carbon, environmentally sustainable way.

If you’re interested in volunteering your time, please contact us at Volunteer@EVSociety.ca

Interesting Read

Hello,

Prior to the Ukraine war and inflation, evidence was indicating that the days of ever increasing oil and gas production were coming to an end.Renewables accounted for 81% of annual newly installed power capacity in 2021.

Based on growth to-date, electric vehicle (EV) sales projections are suggesting that, by 2025, EVs would represent 50% of the the European market, and up to 80% to 100% in China.

The majors' response has been to produce misleading information to the effect that they are champions of the green economy.  Their communication materials have played down that they are primarily focused on fossil fuels, though their climate-related initiatives only represent 12% of their capital expenditures.

With the advent of windfall profits, the lofty oil and gas industry long-term green economy plans of as little as one to two years ago, have been put aside. Short-term opportunities now prevail.  There are currently 195 carbon bombs in the planning stages.  And the fossil fuel majors have an increased interest in plastics to compensate for losses in the power and transportation sectors.

You are invited to take a deeper dive by consulting my article below.

Will Dubitsky

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