{"id":109813,"date":"2022-08-05T16:20:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T20:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=109813"},"modified":"2022-08-05T22:22:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T02:22:21","slug":"pec-visitor-laments-lack-of-effective-electric-vehicle-charging-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/pec-visitor-laments-lack-of-effective-electric-vehicle-charging-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"PEC visitor laments lack of effective electric vehicle charging infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After experiencing trials, tribulations, and frustrations in getting her electric vehicle (EV) home from Prince Edward County, Oakville resident Pat Lockhart decided to voice her concerns in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/letters\/article-july-12-now-seems-like-a-good-time-to-address-unequal-access-to-birth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Globe and Mail letter to the editor<\/a>.\u00a0 Lockhart shared some of the details of her experience, including the non-functioning state of the downtown Picton supercharging station:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-109813-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pat-L-Voicer.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pat-L-Voicer.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pat-L-Voicer.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>When asked about the current state and future of the County\u2019s EV charging infrastructure, Mark Kerr, communications and consultation supervisor with the municipality, responded (on August 2nd) that \u201cstaff are working on a strategy to expand EV charging infrastructure\u201d and they \u201cintend to present that strategy for council's consideration in early 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As well, besides an upcoming charging station in Bloomfield, Kerr highlighted that \u201cstaff are learning from other municipalities about models for delivering EV charging infrastructure that leverage federal funding, user fees and partnerships to fund the service, without putting pressure on the municipal tax-supported budget.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After experiencing trials, tribulations, and frustrations in getting her electric vehicle (EV) home from Prince Edward County, Oakville resident Pat Lockhart decided to voice her concerns in a Globe and Mail letter to the editor.\u00a0 Lockhart shared some of the details of her experience, including the non-functioning state of the downtown Picton supercharging station: &nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":109823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[222,2602],"tags":[9037,17543,12949,14241,534],"radio":[13055],"origine":[267,269,13050],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109813"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109859,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109813\/revisions\/109859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109813"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=109813"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=109813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}