A new investment from Pacific Economic Development Canada will see nearly 500 electric vehicle chargers installed throughout British Columbia. Spread across eight projects, the $22 million investment is slated to add chargers along main travel routes, in public places, at workplaces and in multi-unit residential buildings, according to Gregor Robertson, minister responsible for PacifiCan. “We […]
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Canadian Investment Aims to Supercharge B.C.’s Electric Highway and Beyond
The Province of British Columbia continues to invest toward an ambitious goal: to electrify the highways of B.C. and ensure that every community has access to a fast-charging station. The government earmarked $30 million in its 2024 budget to add more than 500 public charging stations, building on roughly 5,000 currently in place today. “We […]
Province Earmarks $30 Million to Finish Building BC’s ‘Electric Highway’ in 2024
The Province of British Columbia continues to invest toward an ambitious goal: to electrify the highways of B.C. and ensure that every community has access to a fast-charging station. The government has earmarked $30 million in its 2024 budget to add more than 500 public charging stations, building on the 5,000 already in place today. […]
BC’s Electric Highway About to Get More Expensive?
British Columbians are among the highest adopters of Zero Emission Vehicles in North America, with approximately 18% of new light-duty vehicle sales in 2022 being EVs. More than 85,000 light-duty EVs were registered in BC in last year, up from 5,000 in 2016. Since opening its first public charging station in 2018, usage across FortisBC’s […]
Electric Highway Flows as FortisBC Sees Significant Growth in Vehicle Charging
FortisBC announced this week that its electric direct current fast-charge network in British Columbia’s Southern Interior has reached a new milestone, exceeding 30,000 charging events to date. As governments look to push EVs on consumers as part of a broader battle against emissions pollution, many British Columbians know that our province—with steep mountain passes and […]
44 Charging Stations Added Along on Future ‘Electric Highway’ of BC
The CleanBC Go Electric Public Charger Program aims to increase the number of public direct-current fast-charger stations throughout BC in order to support the growing number of EVs on the road. The latest expansion saw 44 stations added across 14 communities throughout the province, including in Vancouver, Richmond, and Coquitlam, as well as on the […]
Province Set to ‘Recalibrate’ Legislation Around Electric Vehicle Adoption Levels
The Province announced this week that it is updating its zero-emission vehicles framework. The government says it is scrapping Trudeau-era mandates around electric vehicle sales and adoption in favour for revised legislation. The move follows a similar federal-level scrapping of mandates which occurred in September. Adrian Dix, the Province’s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions, […]
Support for Electric Vehicle Mandates Wanes in B.C. as Adoption Levels Slow
British Columbia has the highest rate of electric vehicles on the road today, and the province has been leading the charge for some time. But that still means just 3% of vehicles on the road are electric currently, which makes Canada’s mandates around electric adoption seem patently absurd. This is the conclusion drawn from the […]
As Vancouver Drivers Adopt Electric Vehicles, Rural BC Gets Ready to Charge
For several years I maintained an annual summer tradition of travelling from Vancouver to Alberta, deploying a different itinerary each road trip. The idea of logging all those kilometres—about 2,000 per trip—without spending money on gas is appealing. But for a long time rural British Columbia seemed hostile to the electric vehicle, with limited charging […]
Province Aims to a Build Bigger, Faster, and More Reliable EV Charging Network
The Province wants to dramatically expand electric charging infrastructure over the next decade while simultaneously hoping to conserve energy. Since 2016, the Government of Canada has allocated more than $1 billion in funding to support the deployment of electric vehicle charging stations across the country, including developing the Electric Highway. Moving forward, B.C. intends to […]