September & December 2019 & Jan 2020
Suzanne Goldberg from Chargepoint presented the different types of charging infrastructure and its pros and cons.
In a separate webinar, in December, we presented two other charging point services: FLO and SWTCH.
In January 2020, Jules Brenner from AmpUp presented a new EV Charging option. AmpUp is a mobile app that displays private and public reservable stations hosted on their Peer to Peer network or installed by one of the hardware partners (e.g. FLO, Charge Point, etc.).
Presentations and Recordings:
Electric vehicle charging stations allow consumers to charge their electric cars by buying electricity. The practise of charging a fee for the use of these stations is relatively new. Various levels of government and private industry organizations have started to install these stations to invest in clean technologies.
Many of these charging stations use measurement systems that incorporate new technologies. These new technologies must comply with different federal measurement laws depending on how the electricity is sold.
When electricity is sold at these stations, the consumer is usually charged a flat rate, a time-based rate, or a blended rate (e.g., the consumer is billed for parking and the vehicle charge together). Blended rates may also be time-based
If the fees for the use of these stations are based on time, these stations are currently exempt from inspection or any intervention by Measurement Canada. However, if the fees are based on an energy or power measurement, then an approved and inspected meter must be used. Measurement Canada is closely following how this technology is being used, both in Canada and internationally.