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Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa ⚡️
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EVCO is a volunteer-driven not-for-profit promoting the use of electric vehicles through public education, community engagement, and advocacy for sustainable transportation solutions.

Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦

https://evco.ca
https://EVexperience.ca
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#Ottawa - Looks like a lot of freezing rain and wind are on the way tonight which will likely result in power outages around the region. A friendly reminder to charge up your devices, including your EV!
December 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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We’re at a fantastic new location for Kilowatts & Coffee this morning in Kanata - Luna Crepes!
A group of people in a coffee shop chatting
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals

Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is

interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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#Ottawa, join us today at Second Cup Merivale for our annual Fill the Frunk Food Drive!

10am - 12pm

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EVCO Kilowatts & Coffee with the Annual Fill the Frunk Food Drive - Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa
Come hang out at our (almost) weekly casual Saturday morning coffee social event. Talk EVs, all things environmental, or anything else! Come check out some cool cars and enjoy a […]
evco.ca
November 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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A full-page anti-EV availability ad in this weekend’s Globe and Mail. How do/can NGOs like @evco.bsky.social and consumers in general possibly combat industry money and lobbying?
A photo of a newspaper ad. Featured prominently is a fake road sign with “EV MANDATE WILL INCREASE VEHICLE PRICES AND LIMIT CHOICE”
October 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Our Charge Into Fall Road Trip is this Saturday! We’ll take in the colours through Québec, then back into Ontario.

Register now at

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#ottawa #ev
EVCO Charge into Fall Road Trip - Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa
Join EVCO for the Charge into Fall Road Trip! On Saturday, October 18 we’ll meet at 10am at the Electrify Canada Charging Station on Conventry Road. From there, we will […]
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October 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Join us this weekend at the Carp Fair!

Ask an EV owner about their experience, and check out a Ford F-150 Lightning.

evco.ca/events/

#ottawa
Events Archive - Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa
evco.ca
September 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Good news!
September 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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New statement from EVCO about the EV mandate pause and review, including a CBC interview:

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EVCO Disappointed by Government's Decision to Pause and Review EV Sales Mandate - Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa
EVCO President Raymond Leury was interviewed by the CBC on September 5, 2025 in response to the Canadian Federal Government’s plan to pause, and review, the EV Sales Mandate. Watch […]
evco.ca
September 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Service dog-in-training Juno joined us for Kilowatts & Coffee this morning!
A young black lab lays on the floor, starting at the camera she’s wearing a “Canadian Guide Dogs Puppy in training” vest.
September 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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September 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Electrification isn’t coming, it’s already here. With +17,000 EVs on Ottawa roads and a 40% increase in rooftop solar last year, energy demand is shifting fast.

Learn how we are preparing the grid for this future with smart tech, new substations, and upgrades across the system: bit.ly/4oujNHt
August 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Thanks to a recent $600,000 investment from Natural Resources Canada’s Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program, we are powering up #OttCity’s green future by expanding our EV charging network.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4fSFHjw
August 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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EV Experience by EVCO is also at the Queenswood Heights Music Festival & Family Fun Day! Today only, 10am-4pm.

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An EVX table and trailer in the centre of the pic, with a ford F-150 Lightning on the left and Tesla Model Y on the right. Two EVs side by side - a silver Hyundai Ioniq 5 on the left and a black Kia EV6 on the right. Two EVs side by side - a silver Hyundai Ioniq 5 on the left and a black Kia EV6 on the right. A white tent with music is beside the Ioniq and a red food trailer beside the EV6.
August 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Join EV Experience by EVCO at Capital Pride! We’re here today and tomorrow, 12pm-8pm, at Bank & Lewis.
An EV Experience green tent with a green Hyundai Ioniq 6 parked to the right of it. An EV Experience green tent with a green Hyundai Ioniq 6 parked to the right of it. A different angle, showing more of the front of the car. It has a yellow stripe down the middle
August 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Our President Raymond Leury was interviewed by the Ottawa Citizen for this article.
August 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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EV Experience by EVCO will be at the Westport Car Show this Saturday, July 19 from 9-3. Drop by to check out some EVs and ask any questions you may have!

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Westport Car Show - Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa
Join EV Experience by EVCO at the annual Westport Car Show in beautiful Westport, Ontario! We’ll have a selection of EVs on display, and our friendly volunteers are ready to […]
evco.ca
July 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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New post from EVCO:

EVCO calls for the retention of the Canada EV Sales Mandate, and reinstatement of Federal EV incentives

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#cdnpoli #ev #electricvehicles #canada
EVCO calls for the retention of the Canada EV Sales Mandate, and reinstatement of Federal EV incentives - Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa
EVCO has written and submitted a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Carney, and other Ministers, encouraging them to keep the current EV sales mandate and to bring back the Federal […]
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July 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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We’re live at the Blackburn Fun Fair! All inflatables this weekend are being powered by two Ford F-150 Lightnings and a GMC Sierra EV!
A bouncy castle in the background with the front of a Ford F-150 Lightning in the foreground A bouncy castle with a GMC Sierra EV in the background A bouncy castle beside a Ford F-150 Lightning with a sign in front “Powered by an Electric Vehicle”
June 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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If you aren’t very familiar with electric vehicles or have hard a bunch of bad things about them you should probably check out this video:

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An Introduction to EVs & 10 Myths EVCO - CNL June 8, 2024
YouTube video by EVCO
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June 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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EV Experience by EVCO will be at the Blackburn Fun Fair this afternoon through Sunday!

We'll be inside the arena chatting about EVs, and Jim Keay Ford have loaned us two F-150 Lightnings, and Myers Orleans a Chevy Silverado EV to power the bouncy castles!

evexperience.ca/events/black...
Blackburn Fun Fair - EV Advice - EV Experience
Join EV Experience by EVCO at the Blackburn Fun Fair! We’ll […]
evexperience.ca
June 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Air quality is not great in Ottawa today thanks to the ongoing fires out west. If you need to go outside consider wearing an N95.

Follow live data here:
www.iqair.com/canada/ontar...

These kinds of days weren’t a thing just a few years ago. This is what #climatechange looks like.
June 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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A new study shows another EV myth bits the dust (See what I did there?) 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 electrek.co/2025/05/27/a...
Another way electric cars clean the air: study says brake dust reduced by 83%
Exhaust isn't the only impact of cars, they also emit tiny brake particles. Thru regen braking, EVs reduce that (but bikes are even better!)
electrek.co
May 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Join EV Experience by EVCO tomorrow, May 3rd, at Carleton Place EarthFest! 11-3 at Market Square Pavillion and the Grand Hotel.

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3rd Annual EarthFEST 2025 - Town of Carleton Place
3rd Annual EarthFEST 2025       Saturday, May 3rd 11 am. – 3 pm. Market Square Pavillion, 7 Beckwith St., Carleton Place & At the Grand Hotel, 7 Bridge St. A free event celebrating our beautiful world...
carletonplace.ca
May 3, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Join EVCO/EV Experience today in Kemptville for the North Grenville Sustainability Fair and EV Show!

Today, 10-3 at the Municipal Centre
EV show poster A line up of different EVs inside an arena A line up of different EVs inside an arena
April 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM