(Washington) Canada and the United States are jointly building a corridor of charging stations between Quebec and Kalamazoo, Michigan to encourage electric vehicle purchases.
Canadian Transport Secretary Omar Alghabra and his US counterpart Pete Buttigieg unveiled their plan for an “alternative fuel supply corridor” at a press conference in Detroit on Tuesday.
Charging infrastructure is installed every 80 kilometers. These will all have at least one DC fast charging station with connections for the combined charging system.
The route covered will be 1,400 kilometers long and will pass through Montreal, Toronto and Detroit in particular. There will be 215 charging stations in total.
A cross-border charging network was one of the goals agreed upon by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden at their meeting in Ottawa in March.
“This first cross-border alternative fuel supply corridor will help motorists cross the border and load or refuel their vehicle with confidence,” Minister Alghabra said in a press release. “It helps bring us even closer to cleaner air while helping people save on traditional fuels. »
The federal government estimates that road transport is responsible for 23% of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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