Electric vehicles

Electric cars of Kootenay/Boundary: Modern pioneers

Last of five parts Who was the first person in the Kootenay Boundary to own an electric car since their re-emergence and where was the...

Electric cars of Kootenay/Boundary: Home-made electric cars

Fourth of five parts Alexander Zuckerberg of Castlegar’s Zuckerberg Island had an electric car in the mid-1950s. An ingenious man, he no...

Electric cars of Kootenay/Boundary: An electric car fit for a king?

Third in a series on local electric cars The most noteworthy early electric vehicle in our area belonged to a Kootenay lumber baron, the...

Electric cars of Kootenay/Boundary: The greatest place on Earth

Second of five parts In 2016, John Mackie of The Vancouver Sun wrote an interesting story about early electric vehicles, and called...

Electric cars of Kootenay/Boundary: Grand Forks, 1905

First of five parts Was the first automobile ever seen in this region electric? With the current push to better accommodate electric...

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