[rant on]This is the sort of two-faced response one should expect from a political party that doesn't believe in a technology, doesn't understand it, and doesn't walk it, but is desperate for votes. I haven't counted them, but I bet a publicly traded automobile company (and only one company) has provided/installed, at it's own expense, more charging systems in BC than the BC government has, and yet customers of that company are specifically excluded from receiving grants available through other EV manufacturers who contribute absolutely nothing to charging infrastructure. Furthermore, the systems that the government is paying to install are entirely inappropriate. L2 chargers are not a good solution for travelers and can be provided inexpensively by businesses that wish to attract customers who will be visiting for a few hours or more. And, that same excluded EV manufacturer, is providing L2 equipment for free!
Long term, L3 chargers are what are needed. The BC government has been installing CHAdeMO chargers throughout the province, but to my knowledge they are all single-headed, so if you want to use one, you are more and more likely going to have to wait. That's if they are functional, and given the zero redundancy of the design along with a history of month long outages, it would be better if the government let someone who knows what they are doing, do the actual work. [rant off]
