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Building public electric vehicle charging infrastructure

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There needs to be more charging stations throughout the province. Instead of subsidizing private, individual use charging stations, those funds should be put towards public infrastructure or infrastructure accessible to more than a small number of individuals. Read more

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Ontario is falling behind not only on EV but also for Hydrogen. There is a trend worldwide that Hydrogen powered vehicles especially heavyduty vehicles are rising. European, Asia and Australia etc., all seen plans or under constructions of projects that generate thousands of tons of green hydrogen. Read more

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Electric vehicle chargers should be made available at multi-unit residential buildings. Landlords should be obligated to supply a electric vehicle charging solution to tenants. Pricing schemes can be tailored to ensure tenant-landlord parties are both benefitted fairly. Read more

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Building public electric vehicle charging infrastructure

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I'm a Ph.D. student at the University of Calgary and I've been working on the optimum location and charging time of the charging stations for the electric buses. I live in Calgary and would be glad to be in touch using remote meeting software. Read more

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Building public electric vehicle charging infrastructure

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61827

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Most common reason I hear people not wanting to adopt EVs is cause they are expensive or cause they worry about the range. The Ford government already took away the incentives for people in Ontario, so dedicating money to EV chargers is a good move in the direction to address the former. Read more

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Building public electric vehicle charging infrastructure

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Probably your best bet is placing charging facilities where people travel between cities. Within the GTA there are plenty of options, but outside of the city, and on main highways, opportunities for charging EV’s for road trips are severely limited. Read more

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Building public electric vehicle charging infrastructure

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The County of Haliburton needs more level 2 charging stations in areas where people are parked for many hours or overnight (the County currently has 4 locations with level 2 stations) and level 3 stations for people passing through (to head up to Algonquin Park, for example). Read more

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61970

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Siemens Canada

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First, I see a gap in EV charging stations in theatres parking spaces where people park their cars for 2-3 hours. Second, the rural areas are the most underserved. I would suggest that MTO downloads the PlugShare app and review the currently installed public chargers. Read more

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Building public electric vehicle charging infrastructure

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1. Govt charging should focus on rural areas. Each charger should be at minimum Level 2 or the best will be Level 3 supercharger. 2. All provincial parks which are far away from urban areas should have charging network and means to limit how long a car takes up the charger Read more

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The definition of public charging infrastructure network should expand to active and available public charging infrastructure. There are numerous chargers that aren't being maintained or have been sabotaged making it unavailable for use. Read more

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Electric vehicle infrastructure and the applications associated with them (cloud services, payment apps, etc.) need to be standardized across the province and country. EV drivers need to be able to charge their specific EV at any charger opportunity (i.e. Read more

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