Ontario is supporting Electric Vehicle (EV) drivers in their daily and long distance travels with the installation of four new solar-powered EV charging stations in the City of Brampton -- part of an unprecedented network of public EV charging stations being installed across Ontario.
Daiene Vernile, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Transportation, was in Brampton to announce that four new level 2 EV charging stations with a solar carport are now in service at the Brampton Soccer Centre. Brampton is the first municipality in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area to offer a solar-powered EV charging station.
Through the Electric Vehicle Chargers Ontario program, the province is working with public- and private-sector partners to put over 200 level 3 and nearly 300 level 2 charging stations into service.
Building a more robust network of public chargers across Ontario allows EV owners to plan longer trips, while helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions. With the new network of public fast-charging stations, EV drivers will be able to travel confidently from Windsor to Ottawa, or from Toronto to North Bay, and within and around Ontario's urban centres.
The charging network is funded by proceeds from Ontario's carbon market, which are invested into programs that help households and businesses fight climate change while saving energy and money, including home energy retrofits, public transit, social housing retrofits, and electric vehicle incentives and infrastructure.
Making it easier and more convenient to own and operate electric vehicles is part of our plan to create jobs, grow our economy and help people in their everyday lives.
Quick Facts
- The City of Brampton received $90,000 to complete its EV charging project, which includes four level 2 chargers with a solar carport.
- Including this newest addition to Brampton's growing network of electric vehicle charging stations, the City now offers 33 charging units at 10 locations. Additional units are scheduled for installation at Springdale Library, and Gore Meadows Community Centre and Library later this year.
- Level 2 charging stations use a 240 volt system (similar to a clothes dryer plug) and can fully charge a vehicle from a zero per cent charge in about four to eight hours.
- Ontario's five-year Climate Change Action Plan aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 15 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020, 37 per cent by 2030 and 80 per cent by 2050.
- Greenhouse gases from cars account for more emissions than those from industries such as iron, steel, cement, and chemicals combined.
- There are more than 10,000 electric vehicles currently on the road in Ontario.
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