In the Loop: New electric vehicle repair e-zine launching this week
Toronto, Ontario — Media Matters, the publisher of Collision Repair magazine, Canadian Auto Recyclers, Bodyworx Professional and others, is launching a brand-new bi-weekly e-zine to provide collision repairers with the latest news on electric vehicles, including insights on training, OEM advice, and much more. The new EV Repair mag e-zine will include electric vehicle-focused news […]
Holding a Charge: Nissan LEAF, Tesla Model S have the highest number of battery replacements among EVs
Toronto, Ontario — Most electric vehicle batteries are still in their original cars, says a new study from Recurrent. The company took data from its community of 15,000+ EV owners to discover that, when recalls are removed from the equation, Nissan LEAF models and Tesla Model S cars see the highest number of battery replacements, […]
Bringing the Energy: On-demand mobile EV charging services launches Montreal pilot
Montreal, Quebec — ‘Cafu’, a new mobile electric vehicle (EV) charging service has launched in Quebec, offering vehicle owners charging anywhere in the city of Montreal. While the Montreal pilot only offers one vehicle, for now, Cafu hopes to expand the on-demand service throughout North America. Cafu uses a Ford E-Transit van with a 140 […]
Bring on the Budget: The federal government’s clean tech tax breaks
Ottawa, Ontario — The federal government announced the 2023 budget last week, which includes moves intended to attract investment in EVs and their batteries and components. The 30 percent investment tax credit is for capital investments in manufacturing equipment used to make or process clean technologies, as well as investments in technology for the extraction, […]
Battery-Powered Buses: Alberta school district brings in five electric school buses
St. Albert, Alberta — A $2.9 million deal between the federal government and U.S.-based Highland Electric Fleets will see five new electric school buses added to St. Albert, Alberta’s municipal school district fleet. These new electric school buses will provide a clean mode of transportation to students from 15 schools across the St. Albert Public […]
