I live in Surrey, close to Langley City. I am collecting parts now and am planning to start the conversion in spring on my MX-3.
I have looked into it and talked some people (ICBC Autoplan agent and AirCare) and according to my ICBC Autoplan agent (for those of you not from here: our government owned mandatory car insurance company), he can change your vehicle from "G" to "E" so you don't need AirCare ever again.
And from the VEVA website:
"Owners of pure electric conversions quite often complain of being sent notices that their vehicle's fuel code has been set back to Gas from Electric.
Mr. Peter Hill, the Manager at Program Policy at Pacific Vehicle Testing Technologies (an operating subsidiary of TransLink) says there's no cause for alarm. EV owners will certainly receive a boilerplate letter from ICBC Vehicle Registration Support about their fuel code getting set back to Gas. If this is the case, simply give him a call at 435-7664 or contact him at
peter_hill@translink.bc.caand he will correct your record. Don't wait until the last minute though, or it might be more difficult.
This is their procedure to weed out keying errors and Air Care cheaters. Twice a year, for those "E" vehicles licensed on April 30 and September 30, they automatically generate the letters and wait for responses.
There are about 30 "E"s registered each year. Of these, half a dozen are keying errors by Autoplan agents, and a dozen are people who state that they are running electric in order to avoid Air Care testing. There are about 10 or 12 genuine electrics licensed each year, and many are not insured year-round."
Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association - Links
Hope this helps. And I hope it's all true!