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Depends on your location It is highly dependent on your postal code. I live near the 401 and 404 and pay $230/m on insurance for full coverage. If i lived in Oshawa I would only be paying $120/m or $150/m in Newmarket.

I haven't seen a Tesla nod in southern Ontario. The Harley bikes get a downward facing "V" victory sign. EV cars get an upwards "V" victory sign.

Imagine a world where everyone is driving an electric car and no one purchased gas. How would your State or Province fund roads and highways? What would you like to pay? Taxes are a fact of life. They pay for expensive bridges on highways and support roads in rural ares. Tax per L of gas in...

I could see a hydrofoil boat working well

The answer is always "C"!

The real link. Canadian Tire Driver - Win a Tesla - Contest Right now the capcha link is broken and there are html errors on the page. Hopefully this can be fixed or no one can enter the contest.

Speak to your local municipality about the public road parking by-laws. If it is private property look at the zoning by-laws. In Toronto there is a parking by-law enabling reserved spots for car sharing. But, there is no by-law enabling reserved parking for EV charging.

How about a 4 motor AWD Truck with 2 battery packs and 2 charge ports. The 2 charge ports would be on the opposite side of the vehicle so the BIG honking truck can occupy 2 parking spots while supercharging. :) Think of a Marauder size vehicle.

Well I will tell you the basics for import to Canada. It might be similar process in the US. Call up Transport Canada and ensure that the car meets the current safety and emission requirements. If it is not on the list it can not be driven in Canada. Fill out import / export paperwork, pay...

Price of Gas What happened last year is the price of gas was so high that some people started to buy smaller cars and the people who had small cars bought a Tesla. This year, oil production was increased to reduce the price of oil at the pumps making gas cars more affordable. Now that Tesla is...

I noticed that ChargePoint is selling 24kW to 50kW DC chargers. I asked for more information and was given a price list. Slow chargers 24kW BMW (SAE Combo): $13,5000 25kW Fuji (CHAdeMO): $30,000 Fast Chargers 44kW Nissan (CHAdeMO): $15,500 50kW Efacec (CHAdeMo and SAE Combo): $38,143 Now...

I go to K & B Tires & Mags Inc in Markham. There is always a lineup of people and they just do tire replacements.

No, you can not resell electricity in Ontario. Charging units in Toronto will bill per connection, bill for charge time, or the cost is included with paid parking.

The Chevy Bolt 2017 may have the DC CCS plug as it's standard. But, we will have to see as there are no production cars made yet.

The hardest part of installing a super charger or any DC charger is finding available land. Land in Ontario is just so expensive. DC charging units are not that expensive right now in the $15,000 range with ABB and Charge Point units coming next year.