Albertans buying more electric vehicles [Video]

Electric vehicles are off Alberta car lots, despite what experts say are some ongoing misconceptions about the technology.

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According to Rajko Pavic, director of the Electric Vehicle Association of Alberta (EVAA), electric vehicle (EV) registrations in Alberta have been growing by around 50 per cent year-over-year since 2020.

“That’s pretty significant and it’s consistent,” Pavic said.

Pavic said he attributes that growth, in part, to the increasing number of long-range EV options, most of which offer upwards of 400 kilometres per charge.

“A lot of people have a single vehicle and they want that vehicle to be capable of going to the mountains, going to visit their relatives,” he said.

“Short-range electric cars were something that was really not universal, and those were the bulk of the inventory basically up until 2020, 2021.”

In addition to more advanced technology, Pavic said many EVs now cost about the same …