By CRM Staff
Toronto, Ontario — March 7, 2019 — Canada is well on its way to developing the first transcontinental electric highway.
Former state-owned energy firm Petro-Canada announced the news stating that 50 high-powered electric vehicle charging stations will be installed along the country’s 4,860-mile Trans-Canada highway by 2020.
Petro Canada, which is owned by Calgary-based Suncor Energy, will begin construction of the network starting this spring. The network will extend from Nova Scotia all the way to British Columbia, with the exact locations of the charging stations still left to be determined.
“With more than 1,800 retail and wholesale locations across the country, we have the network in place to build Canada’s first electric highway, providing coast-to-coast charging for our customers,” said Kris Smith, Suncor executive vice president for downstream markets, in a statement.
Each individual stop will feature two 200-kW charging stations and two waiting spots.
The planned chargers will be capable of boosting an electric vehicle’s battery to 80 percent in 30 minutes, according to Petro Canada. The chargers will also have a capacity for future upgrades to 350 kW and will be equipped with CHAdeMO and CCS/SAE connectors to support a wide range of electric vehicles, Petro-Canada said.
