A Star reporter rented a plug-in car to tackle the long-term obstacles to the city making gas-guzzlers extinct.
The city lags, Clean Energy’s Kyriazis said, largely because Premier Doug Ford in 2018 cancelled rebates on EV purchases, and has not followed B.C. and Quebec in mandating that automakers sell a percentage of zero-emission vehicles.
Canadian motorists lag Americans when it comes to intentions to switch to electric for their next vehicle, according toby automotive consultants J.D. Power. Just under 60 per cent of Americans surveyed were very or somewhat likely to consider an EV, while only 46 per cent of Canadians said they are ready to go electric.
From my three-day experience, many Torontonians would be convinced if they simply got behind the wheel. When my daughter Tess asked to visit the Eaton Centre, an app called PlugShare pointed me to chargers in the nearby city hall underground parking. There I switched to the Flo app — maker of the charger — but it couldn’t locate the device in front of me.
The PlugShare app showed no chargers within an easy walk of my home but several within a 15-minute drive. They were “Level 2” chargers, adding about 40 kilometres of range in an hour. Before a major trip I would seek out a fasterKnowing your chargers is key. Drivers need to adopt a mindset, said Julian Egelstaff, who last year replaced his aging four-cylinder Honda Fit with an electric Hyundai Kona costing $46,000 and boasting a range of about 415 kilometres.
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