Canada’s most populous provinces are falling behind many U.S. states when it comes to building fast charging stations for electric vehicles, a CBC News analysis shows, raising questions about whether this country’s infrastructure is ready for a transition to cleaner energy.
Ahhh, okay, so the data is fine, it’s just the definition that isn’t clear. They only speak of “fast charging” which can be type 2 or 3. Type 2 would generally be sufficient for local users, with type 3 being more important for trips that require a charge during, ie long distances.
With that in mind, I think type 3 chargers to highway volume may be a better metric. For example, a couple type 3s by the bridge and ferries in PEI is probably sufficient. Whereas Ontario needs significantly more along highways 11 and 17, when you spend a day crossing the province.
The total number of EV cars is less relevant than the number of EV cars that do long trips, or that would do trips if the charging potential was there.
Of course a single dedicated passenger rail line could eliminate the need all together.
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There is something wrong with the data.
It claims only 500 chargers for all of Quebec, but Montréal alone has 2053 chargers.
The data is for DC fast charging stations, of which Montreal only has 73 according to your source.
Ahhh, okay, so the data is fine, it’s just the definition that isn’t clear. They only speak of “fast charging” which can be type 2 or 3. Type 2 would generally be sufficient for local users, with type 3 being more important for trips that require a charge during, ie long distances.
With that in mind, I think type 3 chargers to highway volume may be a better metric. For example, a couple type 3s by the bridge and ferries in PEI is probably sufficient. Whereas Ontario needs significantly more along highways 11 and 17, when you spend a day crossing the province.
The total number of EV cars is less relevant than the number of EV cars that do long trips, or that would do trips if the charging potential was there.
Of course a single dedicated passenger rail line could eliminate the need all together.
Use this source: https://afdc.energy.gov/fuels/electricity_locations.html#/analyze?fuel=ELEC and filter it to DC Fast Chargers
And there’s only 185 charging locations in Quebec (with 529 ports, which is NOT how they should be counted).