The City of Montreal has revealed its plan to encourage the expansion of electric vehicle use by 2020.
The plan calls for 50 charging stations to be available in the downtown core starting this summer.
The stations will then be gradually expanded to 1,000 around the city by 2020.
To encourage the expansion of electric car-sharing vehicles available in Montreal, the city also said only electric vehicles will be eligible for universal parking permits used by car-sharing services like Car2Go and Communauto by 2020.
The city unveiled its plan Wednesday morning at City Hall.
"Our administration is committed to making Montreal the electrification capital of North America," said Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre.
"The network of electric car-sharing vehicles will help to transform and improve the city's transportation options and reduce our footprint on the environment."
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