electric vehicles http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/13448/0 fr Electric vehicles offer lane change to Nova Scotia http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/electric-vehicles-offer-lane-change-nova-scotia/31381 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/ev1_photo.jpg" alt="" title="Post doctoral fellow of mechanical engineering Nathaniel Pearre (left) and professor of mechanical engineering Lukas Swan stand on either side of a fully electric Nissan Leaf in a Dalhousie University parking lot, just outside the Renewable Energy Storage Lab at which they both work. Zack Metcalfe photo" width="450" height="293" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/ev2_photo.jpg" alt="" title="Professor of mechanical engineering Lukas Swan is shown in front of his fully electric Nissan Leaf, showing off its charging mechanisms. All electric vehicles can plug into your standard outlet, but will charge more slowly than if they are attached to specialized chargers which can be installed at home our found in public locations across the country. Zack Metcalfe photo" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>See an electric vehicle next to you on the road and you might not distinguish it from any other gas guzzler confronting rush hour traffic. But drive one yourself...and you won&#39;t soon shake the experience.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/electric-vehicles-offer-lane-change-nova-scotia/31381" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/electric-vehicles-offer-lane-change-nova-scotia/31381#comments Zack Metcalfe Environnement Transport electric vehicles energy Nova Scotia Sat, 09 Aug 2014 13:38:11 +0000 Robert DeVet 31381 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca