Neighborhood charging stations: Try our pilot project!

Registrations closed. The community of EV drivers who will surveyed to improve the project is complete.

To make it easier to charge an electric vehicle in densely populated neighborhoods, where private parking is scarce, the Circuit électrique and its partners installed Level-2 stations in parking lots that are empty during the night. The charging stations would be available for the following customers:

  • The usual daytime customers
  • Neighborhood residents in the evening and at night


Are you an EV driver without access to home charging or an EV driver who is an employee at one of the following institutions?

City of Québec:

Montréal:

Registrations closed. The community of EV drivers who will surveyed to improve the project is complete.

To make it easier to charge an electric vehicle in densely populated neighborhoods, where private parking is scarce, the Circuit électrique and its partners installed Level-2 stations in parking lots that are empty during the night. The charging stations would be available for the following customers:

  • The usual daytime customers
  • Neighborhood residents in the evening and at night


Are you an EV driver without access to home charging or an EV driver who is an employee at one of the following institutions?

City of Québec:

Montréal:

  • The pilot project

    Charging accessibility in urban areas: A growing challenge

    The shift to electric vehicles is underway. In densely populated neighborhoods in major cities, however, access to private parking is a challenge for EV drivers who have to park on the street and therefore do not have access to their own home charging station.


    Neighborhood charging station islands: A possible solution?

    The solution tested for this pilot project is based on the idea of offering a charging solution at curbside charging stations in densely populated areas, particularly through the shared use of parking spaces that are empty in the evening and at night. For instance, they can be located in school, church or shopping center parking lots.


    Schools at the heart of neighborhood charging

    Thanks to Centre de services scolaires de la Capitale, Maguerite-Bourgeoys and École Saint-Joseph, neighborhood charging stations can exist.


    Shared access and time-of-use rates

    During the day, the charging stations are reserved for employees and in the evening, they are open to neighborhood residents. A reduced night rate will also be in place to encourage residents to use the charging stations outside peak hours.

    Parking period
    Rate

    Day

    7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

    (Charging stations reserved for school employees, except when the school is closed*)
    $2/hour

    DURING CHARGING SESSION

    6 p.m. to 7 a.m.
    $1/hour

    NIGHT – ONCE CHARGING SESSION HAS ENDED

    (This rate applies when the vehicle is connected to the charging station, but the charging session has ended.)
    $0.20/hour


    After the pilot project

    Based on the results of the pilot project, time-of-use rates will be implemented throughout the Circuit électrique, and it will be determined whether Hydro-Québec will be responsible for the rollout of L2 charging stations reserved for EV drivers who do not have access to a private charging station.



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