Oh, and in Montreal most people live in triplexes- basically picture row houses divided into three apartments- one per floor. A tough charging scenario. So they put charging stations throughout the neighborhood. My daughter has two charging stations with two blocks of her place.
-Steve > On Nov 18, 2021, at 5:21 AM, Steves via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was in Canada last week and it makes me ashamed to be a US citizen from > the standpoint of electric charging infrastructure. My experience is all in > Quebec province , so I don’t know how the rest of Canada is, but they have a > centralized system ‘Electric Circuit’ that is incredible. Their app is > fantastic and stations are everywhere, even small towns. I can always find an > open station. Best of all , I don’t think I have ever run across a broken > station. It’s easy to use too. You don’t need six different apps or cards > since it’s one system. I think that pricing may vary somewhat based on local > but is very reasonable. When there is a problem (a station was blocked by a > non charging EV) they responded to my complaint . > > We live in northern Virginia and my wife travels to Richmond periodically, > about 125 miles. So she would need to charge the Bolt at some point. This is > a very well traveled route - mostly on 95, but it’s amazing how few charging > stations there are, and how many are non functional. Pricing is all over the > place, IF you are registered to the particular system you want to connect to. > > I’d say one of the best selling points of a Tesla is their reliable and > widespread network. It’s nice to see a similar system for the rest of us > functioning somewhere, just wish it was here. > > -Steve _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
