TORONTO — A newly up to date information will assist the thousands and thousands of Canadians who reside in condominiums—and people who oversee such properties—overcome the distinctive challenges which have lengthy restricted their entry to at-home electric-vehicle (EV) charging.
Plug’n Drive and Clear Power Canada teamed up for Make Your Apartment EV Prepared: The 2025 Information for Apartment Homeowners, Boards and Managers, launched at the moment. The free information walks apartment constructing decision-makers via the analysis, planning, and implementation steps wanted to navigate points resembling shared possession and set up EV chargers of their parkades.
“A maze of technical, regulatory, governance, and different obstacles have lengthy been issues for the one-third of Canadians who reside in multi-unit residential buildings (MURB) and who need to cost their electrical automobiles at dwelling in a single day. This information equips residents, EV drivers, future EV drivers, and constructing stakeholders with the sensible instruments and knowledge they should confidently navigate and decrease these obstacles.” —Cara Clairman, president and CEO, Plug’n Drive
“With the price of public charging two to eight instances increased than charging at dwelling, supporting dwelling charging entry means serving to extra Canadians buy an EV and unlock the hundreds of {dollars} in annual gasoline and upkeep financial savings that include it. That is particularly related as nearly all of Canadians aged 18 to 44 are inclined to go electrical in keeping with a latest Clear Power Canada survey, the very group that’s almost certainly to reside in MURBs and face their distinctive regulatory and administrative obstacles to putting in a charger. This new useful resource might help shut the apartment charging hole for individuals who need EVs most.” —Rachel Doran, government director, Clear Power Canada
“Scotiabank is proud to sponsor Make Your Apartment EV Prepared, as a part of our dedication to allow Canadians to undertake sustainability practices. By means of our retail banking companies, we’ll proceed to supply financing and advisory options for purchasers seeking to issue environmental issues into their car buying selections which can additionally assist lower your expenses over time.” —Kim Model, vice chairman and head of world sustainable enterprise, Scotiabank
Make Your Apartment EV Prepared outlines greatest practices, technical issues, authorized necessities, and funding alternatives—with devoted sections for British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec.
About Plug’n Drive
Plug’n Drive is a not-for-profit group accelerating EV adoption in Canada to maximise the environmental and financial advantages of an electrified transportation sector. Our imaginative and prescient is to assist Canada obtain its objective of 100% electrical car gross sales by 2035 or earlier. Since 2011, now we have made unbelievable strides in our mission via a wide range of shopper education schemes, together with the launch of the world’s first Electrical Automobile Discovery Centre (EVDC) in Toronto, the Electrical Automobile Roadshow occasion collection in addition to the Cell EV Training Trailer (MEET). Our company partnerships embody EV auto producers, utilities, EV charger producers, and others. For extra details about Plug’n Drive’s packages, companies, and occasions, go to plugndrive.ca and join our publication. Be part of our neighborhood on Fb, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.