Blogs and changes tagged with 'public transit'

BIG Green Island clean transportation hub

Written by jmtoriel on 11 October, 2010

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Imagine... quiet, greener streets and clean-powered vehicles! That healthier future is just around the corner to a curbside near you with BIG Green Island.

Starting in 2011, all the major car manufacturers are introducing electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, and Canadian communities are not ready to accommodate and encourage growth of green transportation.

BIG Green Island provides an innovative solution by making it easy for people switch to electric vehicles and take action on climate change and end our dirty addiction to BIG Oil and the Tar Sands. We build and manage innovative high-speed charging stations for electric vehicles and bikes/e-bikes for any site - rural, suburban or urban. We will create installations that are community and user-friendly, and will greatly reduce a community's carbon footprint, and increase livability. BIG Green Island stations can be mobile or permanent, depending on the need of the neighbourhood or community.

This pilot project will encourage growth in electric vehicle use and help the future arrive NOW. The charging stations will connect to larger, existing networks in North America, enabling drivers to go longer distances, and reducing range anxiety while greatly reducing our collective carbon footprint. These green transportation hubs will also accommodate ride-sharing and cooperative car sharing programs. Our renewable energy expertise allows for the hubs to run on solar, wind, micro-hydro power sources and use smart-grid innovations, feeding into the grid for a fully clean and renewable infrastructure.

The inexpensive use of used shipping containers allows for fast and efficient set-up in a broad range of space requirements. More permanent arrangements can also be arranged to suit residential, commercial or public requirements. Our electricians are fully qualified and certified to meet the federal, provincial, and local electrical guidelines for instillation and specialize in renewable energy instillations at home, for business and the community at large.

BIG Green Island thinks BIG and creates the BIG changes we want for our communities and the planet.

Learning more about alternative energy

Written by khall on 14 April, 2008

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Will hybrid electric cars become more prevalent, will they become
solely electric? How will we power these cars, and our homes &

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Become more educated about alternative energy sources

Written by khall on 14 April, 2008

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Environment

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I want to learn more about the range of alternative energy sources, both for transportation and for homes & businesses.

Why I Drive a Car and Questions about Electric Cars

Written by dori on 21 September, 2007

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For me, having a car is about independence and safety.

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EV Diary - Part One - March 27 07

Written by Solar Power Roadshow on 27 March, 2007

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Burnaby & New Westminster News Leader article

EV Diary - Part One - March 27 07

This diary will likely look like other Electric Vehicle

diaries, except that I'll be diarizing about driving

the world's first licensed pickup truck (a converted

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World's First, in Electric Cars, eh? Yes, in Vancouver

Written by Solar Power Roadshow on 11 February, 2007

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World's First, in Electric Cars, eh? Yes, in Vancouver

Who Killed the Electric Car? Well, in Vancouver, a small victory in reviving the electric car happened today!http://www.geocities.com/robert04mat/electric_pickup_truck.html

We've been using revived batteries successfully for electric bikes and scooters. Now, we have a 4-wheel electric vehicle that appears to be the first 4-wheeler to run only off "scrap batteries." By G. Tang and R. Matthies. First successful road run was on February, 2007, in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

This Electric Pickup Truck Runs on Revived Batteries
http://www.geocities.com/robert04mat/electric_pickup_truck.html

Photos of the work, from the start...

http://towing-s15.blogspot.com/

http://electric-pickup.blogspot.com/

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Not many electric vehicles at "Who Killed The Electric Car" VEVA fundraiser

Written by Solar Power Roadshow on 29 January, 2007

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Gary Tang and I joined the hundreds of people at the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Assn fundraiser at Ridge Theatre in Kits. VEVA was showing its 1917 Detroit Electric car and there were other electric cars, but imho, only Gordon Wong's e-car was equal to a gasoline-burning (internal combustion engine, or ICE) car. The others were weak, or lacked durability -- one got wet, and had to be towed. However, a good point about joining the Car Co-op was stated, during the after-movie panel discussions: Use an e-car or ebike to get to a Car Co-op location, and rent the coop's car only for the few hours that long-range driving is needed. To me, that makes good sense.

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Help us get this all-electric pickup truck back on the road to Sustainability

Written by Solar Power Roadshow on 17 December, 2006

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Yup, we're getting the electric car (small GMC Sierra S-15 actually, not the Chevy S-10) which will have to be restored, after we figure out the electrics and mechanical problems and hurdles. Several people emailed words of encouragement and even jokes (love humour, keep 'em coming) We send out this email, text below, and got replies, which is also shown below..

Subject: Help! There's no users manual for this electric vehicle, so..

http://electric-pickup.blogspot.com/

Can you help us? We need explanations for the puzzling items pointed out in thse photos, in order to get this anti-Climate-Warming vehicle on the road to Sustainability. Thanks in advance for all comments and suggestions. Each photo is numbered. You can Zoom In on any photo with a mouse click.

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