Featured BC Hydro Tripling Public Charging Network By 2035

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  1. Tideland Prius

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    https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026ECS0041-000855

    From Jul 22, 2026:
    This is after it tripled its size last year.

    From Jan 14, 2026:

    BC Hydro surpasses 800 EV charging ports and unveils its highest-powered charger in Burnaby
     
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    The urban charging hubs are all 180kW split units (so 90kW each if two vehicles are charging). This is much better than the single or twinned 50kW and 100kW units they have within the major city centres. The 50kW and 100kW are 100A and 200A/500V units respectively. I don't know the specs of the 180kW units (forgot to take a look). The 350kW and 400kW are obviously 1000V units. (from ABB and Alpitronic respectively)
     
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    IIRC that's pretty much part of vancouver, right?
    Seems I saw the glow of flaring at what was most likely from a refinery many years ago in the area.
     
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    Which? There is one oil refinery in Metro Vancouver. A small one by today’s standards.
     
    #4 Tideland Prius, Aug 3, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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    That must be it then - as we're talking back in the later ½ of the 70s.
     
    #5 hill, Aug 3, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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    BC can make more charging their growing fleet of EVs instead of letting the Yankees tax themselves buying electrons.

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    #6 bwilson4web, Aug 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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    Wondering if there's going to be a huge fight over power once they throw a couple AI Farms into the mix.
     
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    Canadians appear to me to be more taciturn about AI and self-defeating USA practices. “Americans will always do the right thing after exhausting all alternatives.”

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