PeterMiller
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- Jun 8, 2011
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I haven't seen any other organized campaigns so I started on my own. I would encourage all others who are eager to start the EV ball rolling to do the same. Here's the text that I used to send e-mails to My MLA the Ministers of Transport and the Environment and to Premier Christy Clark.
Dear ..............:
I have just read that:
In Canada, Ontario established a rebate between $5,000 to $8,500, depending on battery size, for purchasing or leasing a new plug-in electric vehicle after July 1, 2010. The rebates will be available to the first 10,000 applicants who qualify. The province will also introduce green-coloured licence plates for exclusive use of plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles. These unique green vehicle plates will allow PEV owners to travel in the province's carpool lanes until 2015 regardless of the number of passenger is in the vehicle. Also, owners are eligible to use recharging stations at GO Transit and other provincially-owned parking lots.
Quebec will offer rebates of up to $8,500, beginning on January 1, 2012, for the purchase of new plug-in electric vehicles equipped with a minimum of 4 kWh battery, and new hybrid electric vehicles are eligible for a CAD 1,000 rebate. All-electric vehicles with high-capacity battery packs will be eligible for the full $8,000 rebate, and incentives are reduced for low-range electric cars and plug-in hybrids. Quebec's government earmarked $50 million for the program, and the maximum rebate amount is slowly reduced every year until a maximum of $3,000 in 2015, but the rebates will continue until the fund runs out. There is also a ceiling for the maximum number of eligible vehicles: 10,000 for all-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, and 5,000 for conventional hybrids.
Is there any chance that BC will follow suit?
Sincerely.
Dear ..............:
I have just read that:
In Canada, Ontario established a rebate between $5,000 to $8,500, depending on battery size, for purchasing or leasing a new plug-in electric vehicle after July 1, 2010. The rebates will be available to the first 10,000 applicants who qualify. The province will also introduce green-coloured licence plates for exclusive use of plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles. These unique green vehicle plates will allow PEV owners to travel in the province's carpool lanes until 2015 regardless of the number of passenger is in the vehicle. Also, owners are eligible to use recharging stations at GO Transit and other provincially-owned parking lots.
Quebec will offer rebates of up to $8,500, beginning on January 1, 2012, for the purchase of new plug-in electric vehicles equipped with a minimum of 4 kWh battery, and new hybrid electric vehicles are eligible for a CAD 1,000 rebate. All-electric vehicles with high-capacity battery packs will be eligible for the full $8,000 rebate, and incentives are reduced for low-range electric cars and plug-in hybrids. Quebec's government earmarked $50 million for the program, and the maximum rebate amount is slowly reduced every year until a maximum of $3,000 in 2015, but the rebates will continue until the fund runs out. There is also a ceiling for the maximum number of eligible vehicles: 10,000 for all-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, and 5,000 for conventional hybrids.
Is there any chance that BC will follow suit?
Sincerely.