Matthew Klippenstein
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Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Tesla Service, From Nirvana to Gehenna
When it comes to customers, as with short shorts, Elon prefers "Boxers" → Read More
Why 100 per cent renewable energy production still isn’t enough
For Canada to be a clean energy exporter, renewables must generate far more than 100 per cent of domestic consumption — 100 per cent isn’t the ceiling; it’s the floor → Read More
Greta Thunberg is winning hearts and minds — and some old men hate it
While we loudly condemn the Maxime Berniers of the world, compassion may be the most appropriate response to its Christopher Caldwells. → Read More
Canadian ZEV update: fuel cells gain a foothold
The Nissan Leaf led the pack with 247 sales in January, narrowly beating the Chevy Bolt, with the Hyundai Kona, Tesla Model 3 and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV rounding out the top 5. → Read More
Soaring ZEVs in 2018, sinking Tesla in 2019?
Zero Emission Vehicle sales doubled in Canada last year. Matthew Klippenstein shares his predictions for 2019. → Read More
Three climate justice metamorphoses and a lesson from Gandhi
To understand our climate movement’s evolution, read Nietzsche. To understand our Achilles’ heel, study Gandhi. → Read More
Canadian electric vehicles poised for a breakout year
At the end of October, Canadian plug-in EV sales broke through the symbolic threshold of two per cent of new cars sold (2.2%), more than doubling the 0.9 per cent in 2017. This is ahead of their 1.9 per cent market share in the United States so far this year. → Read More
Subsidy's swansong: Canadian plug-in sales take a dip
After generous tax credits expired in Canada’s largest province of Ontario, September, not April, turned out to be the coldest month for electric-car sales North of the Border. The tax credit was worth up to $10,000 ($14,000 Canadian.) British Columbia was a bright spot, with the provincial government announcing plans to maintain current rebate levels... → Read More
Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV vie for Canadian sales lead in August
Ahead of the final expiration of electric-car tax credits in Ontario, Canada, the Nissan Leaf posted its highest monthly sales total north of the border: 1,050 units. The number was more than double what Nissan sold in June and July, and still significantly more than its previous record of 906 Leafs in May. (The most electric cars sold in any month in... → Read More
Post-Peak: plug-in electric-car sales in Canada for July
Sales data for plug-in cars in Canada in June and July show the effect of large purchase incentives. In its first full month of availability in Canada in June, the Tesla Model 3 racked up 2,329 sales, shattering the country’s monthly record for electric-car sales and making it the 16th bestselling car in the country overall. According to data compiled... → Read More
Tesla dominated electric-car sales in Canada in June
Electric cars accounted for nearly 3 percent of all passenger vehicles sold in Canada in June, thanks to a surge of Tesla Model 3 deliveries. With the California-based automaker famously coy about country-by-country deliveries, June delivery data won’t be finalized until later this month. (Several other automakers also decline to break out their... → Read More
Tesla Model 3: 456 sales in May Canadian debut
Tesla started off Model 3 sales in Canada in May with a bang and sold 456 cars after a flurry of deliveries at the end of the month, according to vehicle registration data compiled by IHS Auto. Model 3 sales in Canada continued building through June. The evidence points to Tesla boosting Model 3 deliveries to Canada for two reasons. First, sending vehicles... → Read More
British Columbia opens first hydrogen filling station in Canada
Canada’s first retail hydrogen fueling station opened on Friday June 15 in Vancouver, part of a network of eight hydrogen stations expected in British Columbia in the next two years. By 2020, the program will add hydrogen dispensers at five retail stations in Metro Vancouver and one station in the provincial capital of Victoria. A seventh station will... → Read More
Plug-in Electric Car Sales in Canada, May 2018: Rewriting records
Last month, the Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid set a new single-month sales record for plug-in electric vehicles in Canada and sold 589 units. One month later, that sales pace—plus one car—is only good enough for fourth place. Nissan shattered Mitsubishi’s record in May with 906 sales of its Leaf electric car, astounding by Canadian... → Read More
Electric-car buyers want same things as all car buyers, research shows
Cheaper batteries alone won't get consumers to abandon their internal combustion cars for any type of electric car. Purchase incentives and charging boost plug-in hybrids. But what buyers really seem to want is fuel cells. → Read More
Plug-in electric car sales in Canada, March 2018: Prius Prime rivals Volt
The Chevy Volt won its umpteenth monthly plug-in sales title in Canada last month, but soaring sales of other models were the big story in the Canuck electric vehicle market—which may have reached 1.75 percent of the market in March. The Volt tallied 555 March sales, Canada’s second-best single-month total for any model, second only to the 582... → Read More
Tesla sales: how much do rebates matter to buyers in Canada?
The government of Ontario amended its plug-in electric vehicle incentive program in March, eliminating incentives for vehicles with a recommended price of $75,000 or more. What effect will this have on demand for Tesla’s Model S and X? Two years ago, this site analyzed the impacts on electric-car sales in British Columbia when funding for purchase... → Read More
Reinventing The Wheel, Resurrecting Faraday Future, & Japan's H2 Play (Cleantech Talk #49)
In Episode 49 of CleanTech Talk, Goodyear reinvents the wheel, Faraday Future forges forward, and we review the logic of Japan's hopes for hydrogen. → Read More
Business Lessons From A Radical Industrialist (#CleanTechnica Occasional #Bookclub)
Ray Anderson, not Elon Musk, is the most inspiring CEO of our lifetime. Book 3 in Cleantechnica's Occasional Book Club explains why. If you want keep Elon as your #1, that's fine, but whatever you do, don't read this book summary. For realsies! → Read More
Plug-in electric car sales in Canada, Feb 2018: turning over new Leafs
Cumulative Canadian plug-in electric vehicle sales surpassed 50,000 units in February, aided by the second-generation 2018 Nissan Leaf, which sold 179 units in its “rookie” month. Unfortunately for the world’s best-selling plug-in electric vehicle (and third-best in Canada), its tally was beaten by both the Volkswagen e-Golf and the... → Read More