Yesterday, 50 city councillors, urban planners, and scientists from across BC convened under a hundreds of photovoltaic (solar) panels at a BCIT Burnaby parking lot to check out the latest and greatest in electric vehicle technology.
![Bruce Stout from the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association shows curious onlookers how his Tesla works.](https://commons.bcit.ca/news/files/2017/09/electric-vehicles-300x201.jpg)
The delegates from the Union of BC Municipalities Convention (UBCM) learned about electric vehicles, how to charge them, and what local governments in the region are doing to prepare for an increase in electric vehicle ownership. Watch Linda Aylesworth from Global TV take a ride in Nat Cicuto’s new Tesla Model X.