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Originally Posted by Airboy
I am seeing more and more infrastructure for EVs being built into facilities here, either new or retrofitted. You will see more of some form of electric vehicle in the Major cities in Alberta. St Albert is already using battery powered buses. So we know they work in the cold weather. Epcor has a 25 hectare solar farm proposal for the river valley in YEG.
If and when I upgrade to an EV I hope the tech is within the same economics as gas. Like was said above, maintenance and power cost per Km. Plus the distance per charge must increase dramatically.
The lower Mainland has over 3 million cars on the road if they all switched to EV they would not need Alberta fuel but the site C and other damns would be required.
Gas prices in YEG this morning fell to 0.99. I also heard today the cost of production in the oil sands has fallen below $50.00 a barrel.
From a discussion on the Radio this morning.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-new-capital-oil-industry-uncertain-future-1.4523780 |
The reason you see a lot of charging stations in BC is the provincial government has taken an active role in getting those installed. They are in shopping centers, airport parking lots, parks and a lot of other places. What is interesting is if you drive around they are actually being used.
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