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The electric vehicle revolution is at our doorstop and there are several attractive options for contractors looking to make the switch to an electric work vehicle. By Bruce Nagy electric cars, SUVs, trucks, and vans. Jerry Dias, national president of Unifor, told me this summer that he used electric vehicles (EVs) to negotiate on behalf of Canadian autoworkers to convince General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler to keep plants open in Ontario to build EVs. “There will be governments not in sync with the global movement, and they will suffer,” Dias said. “In the future our people will be doing a lot more with EVs, solar, and wind.”
Electric fleets
Hummer’s EV pickup truck and EV SUV will have a range around 480 km and cost about $100,000.
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In the past few months, Herbert Diess and Jim Farley, CEOs of Volkswagen, and Ford, respectively, have both made speeches to their employees praising Tesla. They have been gushing about an all-electric vehicle future. This might seem strange coming from corporations that sell around nine million and four million vehicles each year, while Tesla sells a little more than one million. Big traditional automakers think they will catch up, and as such, are introducing their own iterations of
Plumbing & HVAC – November/December 2021
The electric vehicle revolution is big news for companies that offer delivery services. Companies such as UPS, DHL, FedEx, Purolator, and Canada Post’s fleets are all going electric. If you’re thinking about transitioning a fleet, even a smaller one, a good idea would be to call your local electricity utility. At the federal level, the Government of Canada offers a point-of-sale incentive of $2,500 to $5,000 for consumers who buy or lease an electric vehicle. Currently, only a handful of provinces offer provincial rebates. British Columbia operates its Go Electric program, which provides $3,000 for the purchase or lease of
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