Thursday, February 16, 2023

Fast Charging - On The Road

When travelling, the only real solution to getting from points A to B that are farther apart than the Leaf's range is to stop at a fast charger, also known as a Level 3 or DC fast charger.  Currently there are a fairly large number of different networks or companies that have fast chargers installed in Ontario. Flo, Ivy, and Chargepoint are three fairly established names. Petro Canada also has a network of fast chargers, mainly on the 401 corridor.

Payment at these chargers are usually not as simple as filling up with gas at a station. The majority of charging networks have a subscription plan, where a physical card or app on your smartphone is preloaded via credit card. The specific charge each time you use the account is deducted from the balance, and you simply re load the account as need be.

Some networks such as the Petro Canada one, are set up to accept a traditional card payment method, such as Debit, Visa, or MasterCard.




 

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