When Wilf Steimle makes the 600-kilometre drive from his home near Barrie, Ont., to board meetings in Montreal, he can get there in under seven hours with three 12-minute stops to repower his electric car.
“Studies in Europe and slowly the beginnings of studies in North America, seasoned EV owners consistently say range doesn’t matter,” Steimle told The Canadian Press. “What they care about is reliable access to fast charging.” Cara Clairman, president of the electric vehicle advocacy group Plug’n Drive, said it’s a chicken-or-egg issue. There is not a big business case to build chargers in places where there aren’t enough cars that are going to use them.
Provincial governments have varying incentives to help drivers install chargers at home. A few have public charging incentives too. Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation just announced they will be adding new public chargers at the highway rest stops known as ONroutes, with all but three of the 23 refuelling stations to be equipped by the end of next year.
While Steimle’s drive between the Greater Toronto Area and Montreal has many options for stopping at a DC fast charger, the same can’t be said for other road trips. A similar 600-kilometre drive from Winnipeg to Regina shows only six DC fast options along the Trans-Canada Highway.
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