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Plug-in vehicles will get special license plate in Ontario next year

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Plug_in_Cars_To_Get_Special_License_Plates_in_Ontario_by_10'; Want to emblazon your ride with Ontario's new "environmentally friendly vehicles" license plate? There are two hurdles you'll have to jump. First, wait until next year when the plate actually becomes available on July 1. Second, you'll need to get a car with a plug. According to the Toronto Star, the new green vehicle plates are for plug-in hybrids and battery-powered cars only. Like the Clean Access stickers that were so popular in California, ... Read more →

Electrovaya gets $16.7 million investment from Ontario government Sam Abuelsamid

It's not just the US government that is handing out money to companies involved in advanced battery development. The government of Ontario has decided to put up to $16.7 million into Electrovaya. The ...

Toyota chafes at Ontario $10,000 EV rebate, calls it GM subsidy Sam Abuelsamid

Stephen Beatty, managing director of Toyota Canada is not to thrilled with plug-in rebate plan announced by Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty this week. In fact, Beatty sees the plan as more of a ...

REPORT: Ontario to announce incentives for plug-in vehicles, up to $10K Sam Abuelsamid

The premier of the Canadian province of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, reportedly plans to announce a major incentive program for plug-in vehicles today in Toronto. Ontario has already given several ...

Toronto Mayor rids self of Prius, gets Malibu hybrid Domenick Yoney

There'll be no more Prius parked in the garage of City of Toronto Mayor, David Miller. The vintage 2003 Toyota import was chagrined to learn, whilst in the shop to correct an electronics problem, ...

Better Place goes Canadian with Ontario electric car partnership 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

The electric car deal-making juggernaut that is Better Place is staking its claim on a new territory. BP representatives are in Ontario this morning and, along with Ontario Premier McGuinty, announced a new partnership to advance the cause of EVs - what they're calling a Car 2.0 model - in the ...

Ontario will allow low-speed electric vehicles, with warnings, on public roads 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ontario, the Canadian province that's thinking of not letting kids onto three-wheeled eco-cars, has made a green car-friendly move by deciding that Low Speed Vehicles (LSVs) will soon be allowed on the road. The rules for LSVs will be released later this winter, but we know that the vehicles ...

GM agrees to build new mid-size hybrid, 6-speed transmission in Canada 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

With a federal election coming soon in Canada, the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has begun to liberally spread the pork. The most recent example is a deal that will relieve General Motors of Canada from the repayment of $200 million in previous government loans in ...

Ontario premier backtracking on E10 promise 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The new backlash against ethanol as a fuel is causing the premier of Canada's largest province to rethink a plan that would have doubled the ethanol content of gasoline fuels by 2010. With more and more people blaming the diversion of food to fuel production for skyrocketing food prices, a lot of ...

Three electric vehicle companies ready to move south out of Canada 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Tamarack Lake Electric Boat Company, Electrovaya and a "firm that is developing electric ice resurfacing machines" are three electric vehicle companies that have moved (or are planning to move) from Ontario, Canada to New York State thanks to big incentives from New York State Energy Research ...

Ontario sets up C$650 mln fund to boost green cars 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The premier of the Canadian province of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, has unveiled a plan to provide investment funding of up to US$611 million toward developing cleaner cars, components and technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Ontario government is hoping that the federal government ...

Canada likely to go 5 percent biofuel within 4 years 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The London Free Press (not from England) reported yesterday that an announcement is expected today from the Canadian federal government on the nation's use of biofuels. It is expected that all fuels sold in Canada will need to contain at least five percent renewable fuel (ethanol or biodiesel, for ...


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