Fast chargers in Ottawa and eastern Ontario : The Electric Circuit announces details
On April 28 2016, Ontario’s Ministry of Transporation announces that In 2017, Ontario will add 493 charging stations for electric vehicles. 14 of them will be fast chargers in Ottawa and in eastern Ontario.
(From The Electric Circuit press release)
The Electric Circuit is pleased to announce that its proposal to set up a fast-charge corridor between Québec and the Ottawa area has been selected by the Government of Ontario. This project was submitted further to a request for proposals for public and private partners to set up a public charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) throughout Ontario.
The rollout of this corridor calls for the commissioning of 14 fast-charge stations along Highways 401, 416, 417 and 17 by 2017. An additional eight 240-V (Level-2) charging stations are also planned at strategic locations in Ottawa.
The Electric Circuit, a subsidiary of Hydro-Québec, submitted a joint bid with Metro, St-Hubert restaurants and the City of Ottawa, which will install charging stations on its property. The charging stations will be manufactured by the Electric Circuit’s supplier, Québec-based AddÉnergie.
Even though the map provided by The Electric Circuit is not easy to read the fine prints, we can see where the fast chargers will be located .
St-Hubert Restaurants in :
Cornwall (705 Brookdale Avenue, near Tesla SuperChargers)
Hawkesbury (456 County Road 17, Hawkesbury)
Gloucester/Orléans (2484 boul. St-Joseph, in Orléans)
Ottawa (1754 boul. St-Laurent, Ottawa)
Ottawa Airport (4010 Riverside Drive, Ottawa)
Metro in :
Arnprior (375 Daniel St. S)
Casselman (21 Richer Circle)
Food Basics in :
Clarence-Rockland (9030 County Rd 17)
and the City of Ottawa at :
Kanata – Park and Ride (located adjacent to Kanata City Walk Centrum Shopping Centre and Highway 417)
L2 charging stations at Fallowfield – Park and Ride (100 Via Park Way)
L2 charging stations at Ben Franklin Place (101 Centrepointe Dr, Nepean)
Ottawa Fire Station 23 (1443 Carling Avenue)
141 Clarence Street (Between Dalhousie Street and Cumberland Street)
City of Ottawa parking in Chinatown (Somerset Street and Cambridge Street or on Somerset Street and Empress Street)
This is fantastic news. I’m in Toronto and could easily drive to the states and Montreal but not to visit my sister in Ottawa … Until now!
But please slow down and make sure that these are logical sites. Do you really want three level 3 chargers within a few km of each other? The Fire Station, Clarence and Chinatown are too close. Why not make it more convenient and have these three sites combined together, so that if one is in use, I don’t have to drive to another site to get a charge?
Also, make sure that the L3 at the Kanata park n ride has multiple outlets so that EV’ers can park n ride without one EV tying up a fast charge for the whole day.
As intelligent EV’ers let’s make sure that this government money is spent wisely. Follow the Tesla formula … It works!