Matthew Klippenstein

Matthew Klippenstein is a professional engineer who has tracked the Canadian plug-in electric vehicle market for the past six years through his open-access spreadsheet, accessible at CanadaEVsales.com, and his monthly Zero Emission Newsletter (subscription link).

A veteran of Canada's fuel cell and renewable energy consulting sectors, he helps administer British Columbia’s EV infrastructure programs by day. A contributor to GreenTechMedia.com, he also co-authors the Fuel Cell Industry Review.

Matthew regularly provides sector commentary for television and radio, in English and French. His consultancy Electron Communications focuses on cleantech clients, and he does not have business relationships with, or hold direct investments in, any companies mentioned in his articles.

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Electric cars now over 1% of Vancouver vehicles

This one per cent statistic describes all passenger vehicles driving on Metro Vancouver roads. Usually, Zero Emission Vehicle stats are presented as a percentage of new car sales. For example, ZEVs represented more than 6 per cent of new passenger vehicle sales in B.C. in the first quarter of 2019.

Race Against Climate Change

By Matthew Klippenstein in Analysis | May 28th 2019

Canadian ZEV update: fuel cells gain a foothold

The Nissan Leaf led the pack with 247 sales in January, narrowly beating the Chevy Bolt, with the Hyundai Kona, Tesla Model 3 and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV rounding out the top 5.

Race Against Climate Change

By Matthew Klippenstein in Analysis, Business | March 18th 2019

An electric BMW being charged up. Photo by John Cameron on unsplash

Soaring ZEVs in 2018, sinking Tesla in 2019?

Zero Emission Vehicle sales doubled in Canada last year. Matthew Klippenstein shares his predictions for 2019.

Opinion

By Matthew Klippenstein in Opinion | January 25th 2019

Three climate justice metamorphoses and a lesson from Gandhi

To understand our climate movement’s evolution, read Nietzsche. To understand our Achilles’ heel, study Gandhi.

Opinion

By Matthew Klippenstein in Opinion | December 4th 2018

B.C.'s zero emission vehicle mandate may be the toughest in North America. Here's what you need to know

Unless it is weakened before legislation is tabled in the spring, B.C.’s ZEV mandate will be the strongest in North America, leapfrogging California, other U.S. states and Quebec.

Race Against Climate Change

By Matthew Klippenstein in Analysis, Energy | November 22nd 2018

Canadian electric vehicles poised for a breakout year

At the end of October, Canadian plug-in EV sales broke through the symbolic threshold of two per cent of new cars sold (2.2%), more than doubling the 0.9 per cent in 2017. This is ahead of their 1.9 per cent market share in the United States so far this year.

Race Against Climate Change

By Matthew Klippenstein in Analysis, Energy | November 15th 2018

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Matthew Klippenstein

Electric cars now over 1% of Vancouver vehicles

Canadian ZEV update: fuel cells gain a foothold

Soaring ZEVs in 2018, sinking Tesla in 2019?

Three climate justice metamorphoses and a lesson from Gandhi

B.C.'s zero emission vehicle mandate may be the toughest in North America. Here's what you need to know

Canadian electric vehicles poised for a breakout year