November 27, 2013
By Pepper Parr
BURLINGTON, ON. The province is doing everything it can to get you into an electric car. Announced this morning at the Oakville GO station – electric vehicle charging stations are up and running at five GO stations in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area to make it easier for drivers to use environmentally friendly transportation.
Starting today, Aurora, Centennial, Lincolnville, Oakville and Whitby GO stations will offer charging stations for electric vehicles.
Ajax, Burlington, Pickering, Erindale and Clarkson GO stations will open electric vehicle charging facilities in early 2014.
ChargePoint cards are available now. why not put everything on the existing PRESTO card
Charging a car will be free for the first month; after that, each charging session will cost $2.50. Electric vehicle users can wave a credit card or a Chargepoint smart card over a card reader to pay for their electric vehicle charging access.
$2.50 a charge? It cost me $68.74 to fill my tank.
The ultimate electric car charging station: Solar panels shaped like trees with plug-ins for cars – why not fill GO station parking lots with these things?
The provincial government says the new stations are part of a three-year pilot program, which may be expanded depending on demand.
Waste of money – useless – waste of time – so mnay things need to be fixed – thousands of dollars for unstable technology
Electric cars have been around since the early 1900s.
I do agree on many things need fixing, primarily the attitudes of the people; that doesn’t cost a thing.