Ottawa too
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Ontario is perfectly poised to be the California of the North when it comes to Tesla cars. We have excess electricity, we have a government that has pledged $20M for new chargers and we have manufacturing capacity to build cars. Government must understand that the 2 problems plaguing EVs are range and charging speed. Both have been addressed by Tesla. With the model 3 success, the new charging standard for distance travel will be the Supercharger. The government should leverage the $20M and work with Tesla to rapidly expand the Tesla charger network across Ontario, put Superchargers at ONroute locations along the 400 series highways, perhaps charge a nominal fee ($2) for say 30 min of charging. Forget J1772, forget CHAdeMO. With the Tesla 3 explosion, the Supercharger will be the standard. Perhaps it will force GM to adopt the Tesla charging paradigm.
Finally, Ontario could look at becoming a manufacturing hub for the Model 3....
Finally, Ontario could look at becoming a manufacturing hub for the Model 3....