The Electric Circuit
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electric vehicle infrastructure |
| Founded | March 30, 2012 |
| Headquarters | Montréal, Quebec , Canada |
Areas served | Quebec, eastern Ontario |
| Products | Electric vehicle chargers |
| Parent | Hydro-Quebec |
| Website | lecircuitelectrique |
The Electric Circuit (Template:Lang-fr) is the largest public network of charging stations for electric vehicles in Quebec. As of 2019, The Electric Circuit offers 2,389 public charging stations in Quebec and eastern Ontario.[1]
History
In April 2011 the government of Quebec published a plan to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles, setting a target of 25% of cars sold in 2020 to be electric. The plan also called for provincial utility company Hydro-Quebec to develop a strategy for the deployment of public charging infrastructure.[2]
The plans for building Canada's first public charging network were presented in June that year. Hydro-Quebec found partners in Rona, St-Hubert, Metro and public transport company AMT to install a hundred charging stations at the physical locations of these partners.[3]
The first 30 charging stations were put in use in March 2012.[4][5] The pricing was set at 2.50 dollar per charging session regardless of the time used.[6] The network's first 400V fast charger was installed in 2013, with fast charging priced at 10 dollar per hour.[7]
By 2014, The Electric Circuit network had grown to 1,500 members. 253 chargers had been installed at sites of 60 different partners,[8] including a corridor of 12 chargers along Autoroute 40 between Quebec and Montreal.[9]
An expansion of 1,600 additional fast chargers over the course of 10 years was announced in 2019.[10]
Partner networks
Members of The Electric Circuit can also use chargers from the FLO network across Canada and the New Brunswick E-charge network.
References
- ^ "Hydro-Quebec annual report 2019" (PDF). p. 19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Morin, Annie (2011-04-07). "Québec veut que le quart des autos vendues en 2020 soient électriques". Le Soleil (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Francoeur, Louis-Gille (2011-06-17). "Voitures électriques - Hydro jette les bases d'un réseau de bornes de recharge". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Inauguration du Circuit électrique : les premières bornes de recharge publiques sont disponibles !" (PDF). Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles. 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Cadieux, André-Anne (2012-04-12). "Circuit électrique: inauguration des premières bornes". Novae (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Templier, Sébastien (2012-06-01). "Le «circuit électrique» prend de l'ampleur". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Raymond, Paul-Robert (2014-09-29). "Première borne de recharge rapide entre Montréal et Québec". Le Soleil (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ meveshaffer (2014-03-28). "Le Circuit électrique compte 253 bornes de recharge utilisées 1000 fois par mois". Journal Métro (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-03.
- ^ "Le corridor de recharge électrique inauguré". TVA Nouvelles (in French). 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Serebrin, Jacob (2019-01-23). "Federal government to fund 100 new electric car charging stations in Quebec". Montreal Gazette.
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