Do you have "range anxiety?"
Edmunds.com did real world testing to find out which EVs have the longest range. (Note the figures shown are in miles, not kilometers)
Stay up to date on upcoming events, and check out previous events!
We meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in Parksville,
And on the second and fourth Saturday of each month in Nanaimo
See our Events page for dates and times.
We now meet at the Harbourfront branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library See our events page for more information.
We have three eager owners who will light up their EV's with colourful festive lights, November 28th in the Ladysmith Light-Up parade. Come on out and cheer us on!
"While there’s a lot to learn when making the switch to EVs, you can do it — especially if you have someone to give you helpful hints." Such as you will find at Mid-Island EV Association coffee meetups!
Clean Technica, a U.S. website offers some basic tips here.
As well, there is a video here titled "You bought an electric vehicle, Basic things you should know" This was created by an EV owner in Prince George BC.
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Fully Charged offers facts to many myths about Electric Vehicles
An excellent article from Flo charging: EV battery charging best practices: the 20-80 rule for batteries
Edmunds.com did real world testing to find out which EVs have the longest range. (Note the figures shown are in miles, not kilometers)
There are many negative stories regularly going around about EV's. In our experience, the authors have never driven, let alone owned an EV.
BC Hydro has addressed some of these and others. Clickbelow to learn the "facts" about EV's. We have added a few more articles for your reference. And continue to scroll down for more mythbusting videos and articles
For answers to other questions you may have, please visit our FAQ page
This is an excellent video that debunks the many myths about batteries!
A must watch!
Don't let the nay sayers tell you that EV batteries are going to poison the landfills of the world!
Contact us to ask questions about EV ownership. We are an independent association of EV owners, who love to talk about how our electric vehicles give us joy.
One of the questions we hear from new EV owners is "what app's should I get?"
There are many apps out there for finding EV charging stations
Click on the link below for a list of some of the apps that we know of
Science has repeatedly shown EVs are better for humans, despite the meme you just retweeted.
Motortrend magazine has published an excellent article on the myths of EV's pushed by the trolls of the world.
A large U.S. auto insurer looked into whether electric vehicles are more prone to fires than gasoline vehicles. The link below can shed some light on this topic. The data that they use is from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
The illustration on the left shows the fires per 100,000 vehicle sales in 2022.
only 25.1 EV Fires per 100k sales
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1,529 Gas car fires per 100k sales
3,474 Hybrid car fires per 100k sales
"...electric vehicles are still safer than their gas engine counterparts. Tesla claims gasoline-powered cars are 11 times more likely to catch fire.” Ross Sparks - Editor-in-Chief at TheSolarAdvantage.net.
The overwhelming climate damage from Canadian cars comes from burning the gasoline to move them around. Over the full life cycle of Canadian gasoline cars and electric cars, the 70 tonnes of CO2 from burning gasoline absolutely crushes everything else.
This indepth article by Barry Saxifrage of Canada's National Observer shows the life cycle differences between gas and electric vehicles.
This is a common refrain that we regularly hear. When someone is going to the car lot to buy a new car, and compare the sticker price of an ICE vehicle with an EV, they say hold on a minute!
What the sticker price does not show, is the long term costs associated with ownership. When taking this into consideration, then EV is the way to go. The best comparison that we have found is the Hyundai Kona, which has both and EV and ICE version.
Clean Energy Canada did a cost of ownership comparison in the spring of 2022. Click here to read this article:
The RDN, along with Emotive BC held this webinar on EV 101
A great tool for learning about charging, rebates and EV's
Held on November 16, 2023
Mid-Vancouver Island Electric Vehicle Association has been given full voting member status in the Global Electric Vehicle Alliance. We meet monthly with EV advocates from around the world, to discuss the intricacies of EV adoption.
With this, we are able to represent our members in a powerful, international organization. To check out their website, click on their logo.
MVIEVA is proud to be a voting member of the Global EV Alliance.
MVIEVA is an affilliate member of Electric Vehicle Society of Canada
