Victoria/Hope Slide – British Columbia’s provincewide electric vehicle charging network continues to grow with the completion of 12 charging sites and several more on the way.
Plug In BC: https://pluginbc.ca/
CleanBC: https://cleanbc.gov.bc.ca/
Making electric vehicles more affordable, investing in charging stations and shifting to renewable fuels is part of the B.C. government’s CleanBC plan. Nine of the completed sites have direct-current (DC) fast chargers that allow drivers to charge up in 30 minutes or less.
Completed site locations and summer 2019 site locations
Completed sites
1. Loon Lake rest area: Highway 97C, between Merritt and Kelowna
2. Anarchist rest area: Highway 3, east of Osoyoos
3. Fish Trap rest area: Highway 5, between Kamloops and Barriere
4. Little Fort rest area: Highway 5, between Barriere and Clearwater
5. Wire Cache rest area: Highway 5, between Clearwater and Avola
6. Wasa rest area: Highway 95, between Canal Flats and Cranbrook
7. Spillimacheen rest area: Highway 95, between Radium Hot Springs and Golden
8. Kootenay Bay ferry landing: Highway 3A, near Crawford Bay
9. Hope Slide rest area: Highway 3, east of Hope
10. Taylor River rest area: Highway 4, between Port Alberni and Tofino
11. Buckley Bay rest area: Highway 19, between Qualicum Beach and Courtenay
12. Port Renfrew Community Centre: Highway 14 at Port Renfrew
Summer 2019 sites
1. Slim Creek rest area: Highway 16; 120 kilometres east of Prince George
2. Boulder Creek rest area: Highway 16; 50 kilometres west of Hazelton
3. Australian rest area: Highway 97; 36 kilometres south of Quesnel
4. Kidd Creek rest area: Highway 3; 21 kilometres east of Creston
5. 100 Mile House Info Centre: Highway 97
6. Mount Robson Visitor Centre: Highway 16
7. Woss: Highway 19, Vancouver Island (between Eagles Nest rest area and Hoomak Lake rest area)