Industry leaders are eager to see details of federal plan to update EV charging station standards

It wasn’t a big-ticket item, but the $56.1 million earmarked in last week’s federal budget to advance standard-setting for charging and refuelling stations in Canada and the U.S. could have a significant impact in reducing barriers to EV adoption

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New U.S. study suggests Canada needs to significantly ramp up investment in public EV charging infrastructure

A new U.S.-based study projects what the American government will need to spend on public electric vehicle charging infrastructure — a simple conversion shows what Canada’s expected costs could be

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Tesla warns new Australian rules will inflate cost of home chargers and slow transition to EVs

New standards for EV charging equipment could add thousands of dollars to the cost of home EV chargers, and erect yet another barrier to EVs in Australia.
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Commercial buildings: an EV-ready approach for new builds and retrofits

In the third article in a series that explores how to make the built environment EV-ready, Brendan McEwen turns to commercial buildings, outlining how building codes and assessing user needs can achieve EV-ready outcomes

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