Latest from David Common & Jill English
Electric vehicles are supposed to be green, but the truth is a bit murkier
Mining lithium for batteries, plus the power source they're charged from, affects an EV’s impact on the environment.
Want an electric vehicle? Here's why it can be so hard to get one
Why electric vehicle production isn't keeping up with demand, and why automakers send their limited supply of EVs to certain places first.
Even in Canada's electric-vehicle utopia, you can't miss what's hampering EV sales
B.C.'s Salt Spring Island might seem like the perfect place to have an electric vehicle, from climate to short driving distances to government rebates. But even there it doesn't take long to see some of the same issues keeping people across Canada from letting go of gasoline-powered transportation.