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AGM – November 1st, 2025
We are pleased to announce that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) for Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association will be held on Saturday, November 1st. The AGM will take place both online and in person AGM Event Schedule:12:30PM-1:30PM: IN PERSON voter registration (membership renewals), refreshments and networking 1:30PM-3:30PM: AGM (online portion, and formal sit down event) As we approach the AGM, we would like to remind all […]
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ManitobaEV Fest 2025
ManitobaEVFest is one week away! We would like to invite you to the annual ManitobaEVFest taking place onSaturday, September 13th, 2025, at IKEA Winnipeg from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. For members who would like to attend with, and display their EV(s), setup will begin onsite at 9:30 AM. For those new to the association, ManitobaEV Fest offers a unique opportunity for members […]
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Pony Corral Sunday Night Cruise – June 22, 2025!
The Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association (ManitobaEV) is excited to be part of the Pony Corral Sunday Night Cruise Night on Sunday, June 22, 2025, at the Nairn location! 📍 Location: Pony Corral – Nairn Location, 1050 Nairn Avenue, Winnipeg🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM This popular weekly event draws car lovers from all over Manitoba to showcase unique rides — and now, it’s […]
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Join Us: Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association Meeting
Date: June 26, 2025Location: Manitoba Electrical Museum & Education CentreAddress: 680 Harrow Street, Winnipeg, MB R3M 3A3 The Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association (ManitobaEV) is excited to announce our upcoming meeting at the Manitoba Electrical Museum & Education Centre! This gathering promises to be an engaging opportunity for EV enthusiasts, industry professionals, and curious community members to come together and explore […]
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Plug’n Drive’s Cross Canada Tour Comes to Winnipeg This June!
Experience Electric Vehicles First-Hand at the Mobile Electric Vehicle Education Trailer (MEET) Mark Your Calendars: June 12-29, 2025 The Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association is thrilled to announce that Plug’n Drive’s Cross Canada Tour will be making a stop in Winnipeg this summer! This exciting event brings the Mobile Electric Vehicle Education Trailer (MEET) to our city, […]
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Earth Day at FortWhyte Alive
On Sunday, April 27, 2025, the Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association (ManitobaEV) participated in the Earth Day celebrations at FortWhyte Alive, an event presented by Access Credit Union. This annual gathering brought together environmental organizations, educators, and community members to promote sustainability and climate action. The day included nature-based presenters, sessions, and activities designed to help […]
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Canada’s EV rebate program comes to and end
As of Jan. 13, 2025 federal rebates in Canada for battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles are no longer being offered. To learn more see the Electric Autonomy Canada article here: https://electricautonomy.ca/data-trackers/ev-incentives/2025-01-10/izev-rebates-pause-canada-electric-vehicle/
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ManitobaEV AGM – October 24, 2024
Join us for our Annual General Meeting on Thursday, October 24, 2024 – 7 to 9 pm. We are planning to do a meeting online on Google Meet https://meet.google.com/nnp-abam-xwj. Thank you to our sponsor and preferred EV charger installer EasyEV. All board positions are open for nominations. If you are interested in being a part of the […]
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Join us for ManitobaEV Fest sponsored by EasyEV!
The Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association (ManitobaEV) is excited to invite the public to an informative and engaging Electric Vehicle (EV) event, ManitobaEV Fest! Thanks to our title sponsor EasyEV, this annual event showcases many outstanding plugin vehicles (cars, trucks, SUVs, bikes, scooters, and more). Owners are welcome to bring their plug-in vehicles to show off […]
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Manitoba EV Incentive Program
As of July 1, 2024 the Manitoba Electric Vehicle Incentive Program is now live and eligible owners can get up to a $4,000 rebate on the purchase of a new EV or $2,500 on a used EV. For all the details on the Province of Manitoba Electric Vehicle Incentive see the government of Manitoba site […]
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ManitobaEV Applauds Government of Manitoba’s Budget for Advancing Electric Vehicle Adoption
Winnipeg, April 2, 2024 – The Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association (ManitobaEV), which advocates for electric vehicles (EVs) in Manitoba, enthusiastically welcomes the recent announcement by the Government of Manitoba regarding significant incentives for EVs in the 2024 budget. Up to $4,000 in incentives for new EVs and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and up to […]
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ManitobaEV Government Relations Member Survey Results – January 2024
ManitobaEV conducted a survey of our members to determine the priorities that should be the focus of the Government Relations Committee. The results are presented in the following charts.
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MEVA 2018 Annual General Meeting and Dinner
Thursday, October 25, CanadInns Ft. Garry 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. (Doors to Ambassador Room A open at 6:00 p.m.) 7:00 p.m. Dinner Aaltos Adult Dinner Buffet $19.99 plus GST, PST and 15% Gratuity Price does not include cost of beverages Aaltos Senior Dinner Buffet (55 years+) $18.49 plus GST, PST and 15% Gratuity Price does […]
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MEVA Tours J.W. Zacharias Physical Damage Research Centre
It’s hardly a surprise that the April 26, 2018 monthly meeting of the Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association was very well attended. Many folks were there, including some who haven’t attended a meeting for quite a while. All were eager to see Manitoba Public Insurance’s 35,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, J.W. Zacharias Physical Damage Research Centre, at 1981 Plessis Road, Winnipeg. […]
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EVs and Made-in-Manitoba Electricity
The Power to Change — “We believe in an all-electric future… “ —— 2018, Mary Barra, Chair and CEO General Motors In mid-January, 2020, Tesla Inc. achieved market capitalization of $107 billion, overtaking Volkswagen to become the world’s second most valuable automobile company after Toyota. Now, Tesla’s valuation exceeds that of Ford and GM combined. Tesla’s superlative […]
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MEVA – Environmental Activists or Just Another Car Club
Because the Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association (MEVA) is a member of the Manitoba Association of Automobile Clubs, some folks assume that MEVA members are simply a bunch of gear-heads-against-exhaust-pipes. Well, it’s true, some MEVA members are handy with a wrench. They get their kicks customizing and cruising, but many are avid walkers, cyclists and transit […]
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MEVA AGM & Dinner 2017
including election of MEVA Executives for 2018 Thursday, October 26, 2017 at CanadInns Fort Garry 1824 Pembina Hwy, Winnipeg *** Special guest: Ross Eadie, Winnipeg City Councillor (Mynarski Ward) In April, Councillor Russ Wyatt, seconded by Councillor Ross Eadie, moved that Winnipeg City Council should support the installation of electric vehicle DC quick-charge stations in […]
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7th Annual MEVAfest
Every year, members of the Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association (MEVA) look forward to hosting MEVAfest, the prairie’s most popular EV festival. The 7th annual MEVAfest was held from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., on Saturday, September 9th, 2017, on the front driveway of the Manitoba Legislative Building. For MEVAfest 2017, participants came from across the province to […]
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Canada’s Largest Plugin Hybrid-Electric “Cherry-Picker”
MEVAfest 2016, at the MB Legislative Bldg., MB Hydro employees proudly display Canada’s largest plugin hybrid-electric boom truck. For the past two years, Manitoba Hydro and BC Hydro have been operating plugin hybrid-electric bucket trucks in an Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) program to promote the use of large PHEVs by utilities and municipalities in the United States […]
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EV Enthusiasts Meet Senior MB Gov’t Climate Change Consultant
Thurs., April 27, 2017, an extra-special guest will be at this meeting of the Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association (MEVA), Juliane Schaible. Juliane is the Government of Manitoba’s Senior Economic Development Consultant for the Climate Change and Green Initiatives Branch. Juliane is responsible for providing senior project leadership, policy and programme development and implementation. She also […]
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MEVA March Meeting: Discover Virtual Robotics Toolkit
The first steam-driven, “automatically-mobile” vehicle was hand-built in the late 17th century. In recent decades, more and more automobile production is being done by robots. The robotics technology currently being developed by Tesla Motors is fundamentally changing the automotive industry. Tesla is manufacturing electric cars which can often drive themselves. Before long, all new automobiles will be 100% electric-powered […]
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MEVA AGM 2016 with special guest, The Hon. Robert-Falcon Ouellette, M.P.
At MEVA AGM 2016, The Hon. Robert-Falcon Ouellette, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre, addressed MEVA’s determination to connect our province to the continental network of level 3 EV fast-charging stations, which is rapidly expanding throughout the U.S. and across Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. We know that strategically locating level 3 fast-charging stations in our province would make it […]
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Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association Gives Award to Inventor of Paediatric Prosthetic Device
1st place winner Matthew Gale smiles broadly, and MEVA member Tom Tessier claps enthusiastically, as MEVA Treasurer Jeff Bergal presents Matthew with a cheque for $1,000. On Tuesday, September 27, 2016, several hundred people converged on Winnipeg’s Innovation Alley for a big block party, hosted by the North Forge Technology Exchange. In the “Alley,” folks were treated to 3D scans, virtual […]
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MEVAfest 2016
For the sixth year in a row, the Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association (MEVA) kicked off National Drive Electric Week, with the best electric vehicle festival on the prairies, MEVAfest! Saturday, September 10th, dozens of 2, 3, and 4-wheeled electric vehicles, the New Flyer Xcelsior electric bus, an electric motorboat, the UMSAE Formula Electric race car, an electric skateboard and other exciting EVs were on display […]
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September Meeting has been re-scheduled to Oct. 1, 2016
Ahoy Mateys! Everyone who attended MEVAfest saw MEVA Secretary Ross Redman’s large pontoon boat (similar to the ones used as water taxis on the Red and Assiniboine Rivers.) On that impressive watercraft, is a 50 h.p. Mercury outboard-motor which Ross converted to electric power. Ross has kindly offered to give anyone wishing to attend our next MEVA meeting […]
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Monthly Meeting, April, 2016
At this meeting, we were informed of a new MB Hydro program for EV owners. Just before Christmas, Manitoba Hydro joined the Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association (MEVA). At this meeting, Sean Woroniak, Manitoba Hydro Marketing Strategies Officer, told us that MB Hydro has decided to offer to finance the costs of purchasing and installing residential EV […]
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EV wins Best Engineered Vehicle award at WOW!
Last month, the Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association’s 2016 World of Wheels Autorama (WOW) display included MEVA member Bruce Little’s outstanding re-conversion of his Chevy S10 pickup truck. It’s the incomparable custom EV which was featured in the movie DRIVE FOR FREE 2 – The Revolution Continues. Every EV enthusiast who saw that movie knows what […]
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5th Anniversary of the Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association (MEVA)
Saturday evening, January 30th, 2016, over three hundred and twenty people celebrated the 5th anniversary of the Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association (MEVA), at The Met, the newly refurbished Metropolitan Theatre, in downtown Winnipeg. (Before the scheduled event, dozens of us arrived early, to enjoy The Allen Restaurant at The MET. The food was delicious and staff were great!) […]
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2015 Annual General Meeting
This year, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association (MEVA) will differ from past MEVA Annual General Meetings. His Excellency The Right Honourable Ed Schreyer (retired Governor General of Canada) was asked if he would like to be the featured guest speaker at MEVA’s AGM in November. He said that he […]
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October 2015 Meeting
Thursday, 29 October, 2015 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Room E2-330, University of Manitoba Engineering Building 15 Gilson Street Winnipeg, Manitoba featuring: Chelsea Taylor, Promotions Director, 2015-16 UMSAE Polar Bear Racing Formula Electric Team Every year, the University of Manitoba Society of Automotive Engineers (UMSAE) Polar Bear Racing Formula Electric Team designs, builds and races an […]
