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Canadian History: First Electric Car to Cross Canada, a VW Beetle

Canadian History has been made by Ricky Gu.  A big congratulations to you Ricky, and all the people that helped make it happen.

http://www.wheels.ca/article/791560

This is truly great news to see.  The world needs more people like Ricky Gu.  He’s taking initiative, and testing new battery technology, pushing it’s limits, so the rest of us don’t have to.   He crossed Canada, in a car twice his age, one charge at a time.


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A Tesla Roadster Story in Beautiful BC, Canada

This is a fantastic story.  Kudos to Vincent and Maggie Argiro for taking a big step in the right direction!

Eyes turn electric on solar car – CNEWS

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Good Friday: Obama to resurrect economy, electric car – Examiner

While Florida stumbles through its darkest days—the Sunshine State’s unemployment rate stands at 12.2 percent—President Obama is talking job creation in North Carolina, a state that now finds 11.2 percent of its workforce collecting …