Car-sharing and
second-hand
options suit
eco-friendly
millenials

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growing number of sec- EV
ond-hand electric cars, and CHARGING
car-sharing options, give
young people a chance to ditch die- ON LY
npany’s office near downtown Vancouver. PHOTO CAMERON THOMSON sel and gas.

The electric vehicle (EV) market
is seeing the emergence of smaller,
more affordable models than those
offered by Tesla, such as the Van-
couver made Solo. Owning an
1 e e electric vehicle outright, however, is

This 1S an still a larger investment than many

young adults can afford.

A Tesla costs around $85,000

and a one-seater Solo costs around

electric car, I'll 08

Matthew Klippenstein, a lo-
cal correspondent for Green Car

bl OW you away in Reports produces an annual EV

“Switching more

the dust if you try car-sharing cars into

electric cars."
to overtake m e " — MORGAN MARYK, VEVA MEMBER
SUZANNE FAIRLEY, VEVA BOARD MEMBER sales report which showed that the

number of used vehicles imported
to Canada was around 550 last year,
= — double the number of the previous
year.

Klippenstein told the Voice in an
email that while younger car buy-
ers are more likely to buy used EVs,
overall car sharing is trending more
than car ownership.

Vancouver Electric Vehicle As-
sociation member Morgan Maryk
said that car share fleets in Van-
couver could make the change from
hybrids to EVs,

“Switching more  car-sharing
cars into electric cars to make them
more accessible to everybody would
be a way to get more people behind
the wheel of an electric car," he said.

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An electric vehicle charging station at Langara College, Vancouver B.C. Langara has electric charging stations for
student and staff use in the northwest parking lot. PHOTO CAMERON THOMSON