Topic: Auto Tech: An electric road map

[Autos_Editor]

Will there be an electric car in your future? Electric Mobility Canada predicts there will be 500,000 electric vehicles on our roads by the year 2018. To put that in perspective, that's about the same number of motorcycles now in Canada.

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[Stephen Bieda]

I concur with the projection of 2.5% of vehicles on the road in Canada by 2018 to be electric. That seems to be a reasonable target and in line with the orginal Ontario gov't mandate of 1 in 20 by 2020 (5%).

Rapid adoption at the municipal level of EV charging infrastructure will be the key to an on target EV rollout in Canada for late 2011 and early 2012. Communities and businesses need to begin their charging station installation programs now.

[safristi]

...sure if they keep putting $8,000 of my tax money into these things.....hell i'm already paying a bloody HYDRO debt retirement (fer retired Hydro employees with Golden Pensions NO DOUBT) so why Not fund these useless vehicles 'cos it makes some POLLY TITIAN and tree hugger feel Good about their frikin lives...............go re CYCLE yer bike like i did fer 25 years ...to and from WORK.....