Ikea to install free electric vehicle charging stations at all 12 Canadian shops - Winnipeg Free Press
Ikea Canada has become the latest retailer to position itself on the green side of motoring, announcing Thursday that it is installing free charging stations for electric vehicles at all of its stores in Canada. The global home furnishing retailer is partnering with Sun Country Highway to install two 60-amp charging stations at each of its 12 locations across the country. Chantal Guimont of Electric Mobility Canada said the decision further expands the number of charging stations across the country and gives drivers another option for topping up their batteries when they're on the road. "The business case question is going to come further down the road when there's going to be more electric vehicle drivers," she said in an interview. As it is, there are only about 12,000 electric vehicles on Canadian roads, a small fraction of the 1. 8 million trucks and cars sold last year in Canada. Quebec is Canada's largest electric vehicle market with about half of all cars, followed by British Columbia and Ontario. Source: autos.winnipegfreepress.com
