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Toronto Transit Commission implements smart charging solution for electric bus fleet

The Toronto Transit Commission is collaborating with PowerON, BetterFleet and ABB to optimize charging for its electric bus fleet

Mehanaz Yakub

Nov 20, 2024

3 minute read

OVIN, Toronto agree to test autonomous, EV and mobility tech in new pilot zone

Small- and medium-size Ontario businesses can get up to $100,000 in matching funds to pilot solutions to urban mobility issues

Mehanaz Yakub

May 29, 2024

2 minute read

City of Toronto, feds putting $10 million into 556 municipal EV fleet chargers

The investment, split evenly between the city and the federal government, will be used to create much-needed infrastructure for Toronto’s expanding municipal fleet of electric vehicles

Mehanaz Yakub

Mar 1, 2024

2 minute read

Ecopia AI maps Toronto, city comments on autonomous vehicle readiness

The new digital map, in development for over two years, will help facilitate deployment of autonomous vehicles in Canada’s largest city

Mehanaz Yakub

Dec 21, 2023

4 minute read

Toronto votes “yes” to decarbonize vehicles-for-hire

Toronto City Council has voted to move forward with city staff recommendations to require all taxi and ride-share vehicles be zero-emission by 2031

Mehanaz Yakub

Oct 20, 2023

4 minute read

Toronto proposal to require vehicles-for-hire be zero emission by 2031 is a needed step

“I’m excited” by a city plan to transition taxi and rideshare vehicles to EVs to reduce greenhouse gases, but there is still a lot of work to do, says Plug’n Drive’s Cara Clairman

Cara Clairman

Sep 21, 2023

3 minute read

Toronto Parking Authority begins operating its own EV charging network

Eight chargers in a single lot mark the start of plan that will see the TPA — the largest parking operator of its kind in North America — install over 300 off-street and 100 on-street chargers by the end of 2023

Mehanaz Yakub

Jan 10, 2023

3 minute read

Fire departments in Toronto, Greater Montreal embrace electric trucks for safety and performance

Two electric pumper fire trucks and one electric rescue truck, made by REV Group, will help fire services in Toronto and Varennes, Que., reduce emissions and improve firefighter health and safety, while standing up to the rigours of the job

Mehanaz Yakub

Aug 30, 2022

5 minute read

High-rise headaches: EV charging in Canada’s condos, apartments and MURBs a mixed experience

Electric Autonomy’s cross-Canada guide to municipal building code regulations for EV charging in multi-unit residential buildings reveals a fragmented patchwork of standards with many cities and entire provinces missing-in-action

Emma Jarratt Mehanaz Yakub

May 16, 2022

12 minute read

Toronto and other Ontario cities turn to large cargo e-bikes to ease delivery emissions and congestion

After approving smaller cargo e-bikes in 2020, Toronto last month joined a five-year Ontario pilot program that will see more (and bigger) commercial e-bikes replacing vans and trucks, easing congestion and pollution

Josh Kozelj

Jan 27, 2022

7 minute read