When it comes to EV chargers, Canada is way behind the U.S., analysis shows

[shockedcanadian]

More optics. Check out the chart and see how low Ontario is in the rankings.

Considering the fact that 80% of Ontario citizens are self represented in court, is it a surprise to anyone?

Just as with Civil Liberties, Human Rights, Right to Self Determination and Due Process, EV finger wagging is nothing but optics and Public Relations with little in substance or reality.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ev-infrastructure-canada-us-comparison-1.6923582

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.

Quebec and B.C. fare the worst among Canada's large provinces in terms of the number of publicly accessible fast charging stations compared to the number of electric vehicles on the road, according to CBC's analysis of data from Transport Canada, Statistics Canada and the U.S. Department of Energy.

The four North American jurisdictions with the best ratio of EVs to charging stations are all in the U.S.

With more than 344,000 EVs, B.C. only has 924 charging stations, according to CBC's analysis, meaning there are 0.27 fast chargers per 100 cars.

Quebec fared even worse. With more than 450,000 EVs on the road, the province has less than 500 fast chargers, meaning there are 0.11 chargers per 100 cars.

The data from those two provinces, however, is marked by the fact they simply have more EVs than many other jurisdictions, meaning the supply of chargers hasn't caught up with demand for the vehicles.

Out of the Canadian provinces and territories, Yukon and Newfoundland and Labrador fare the best, with more than five and three fast charging stations per 100 cars respectively, though the absolute numbers for both are small.

"We have a large and growing charging-infrastructure gap in Canada and if we have any hope of meeting the ambitious zero-emissions sales target from the federal government, we need to rapidly close that gap and roll out more public charging infrastructure," Brian Kingston, president of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, said in an interview.

 

[toobfreak]

Considering the fact that 80% of Ontario citizens are self represented in court, is it a surprise to anyone?

No lawyers in Canada?

meaning there are 0.27 fast chargers per 100 cars.

Why not just say one fast charger for about every 400 cars?

meaning there are 0.11 chargers per 100 cars.

Why not just say one charger for about every 1000 cars? Pretty hard to have 0.11% of a charger!

whether this country's infrastructure is ready for a transition to cleaner energy.

What is "clean" about EVs?

1. 60-70% of the electricity still comes from fossil fuels.
2. Producing a car's power hundreds of miles away, shipping it by wire, then storing it in a battery is far less "green" than just carrying your own energy around with you and producing it right in the engine! 80 pounds of gasoline carries more energy than a 1000 pound battery!
3. ICE cars are just simple steel, aluminum and plastic, all easily acquired and recycled. EVs are made out of exotic nickel, lithium, copper and other metals requiring destruction of the environment for costly strip mining using slave labor in poor countries.
4. EVs require approximately $250 in maintenance every month (the cost of replacing the battery).
5. Batteries are difficult and costly things to recycle.
6. One tap on an EV bumper and the car is totaled. Nothing green or clean about that.

Bottom line: I think Canada ought to go 100% solar power. I need a good laugh.

 

[shockedcanadian]

No lawyers in Canada?


Why not just say one fast charger for about every 400 cars?


Why not just say one charger for about every 1000 cars? Pretty hard to have 0.11% of a charger!


What is "clean" about EVs?

1. 60-70% of the electricity still comes from fossil fuels.
2. Producing a car's power hundreds of miles away, shipping it by wire, then storing it in a battery is far less "green" than just carrying your own energy around with you and producing it right in the engine! 80 pounds of gasoline carries more energy than a 1000 pound battery!
3. ICE cars are just simple steel, aluminum and plastic, all easily acquired and recycled. EVs are made out of exotic nickel, lithium, copper and other metals requiring destruction of the environment for costly strip mining using slave labor in poor countries.
4. EVs require approximately $250 in maintenance every month (the cost of replacing the battery).
5. Batteries are difficult and costly things to recycle.
6. One tap on an EV bumper and the car is totaled. Nothing green or clean about that.

Bottom line: I think Canada ought to go 100% solar power. I need a good laugh.

No money in Canada. Lawyers are basically a union and no discounts are given, it is a creepy standard, $400/hr across the board and that is just for consultation! The free market doesn't exist.