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BC Hydro opens EV charging hub at Victoria's Ogden Point.
Summary
BC Hydro opened a 12-port electric vehicle charging hub at Ogden Point in Victoria, featuring two 180-kilowatt fast chargers and eight Level 2 chargers located at the Ogden Point Cruise Ship Terminal.
Content
BC Hydro has opened a new electric vehicle charging hub at Ogden Point in Victoria with 12 charging ports. The site is in the parking lot of the Ogden Point Cruise Ship Terminal at 185 Dallas Road. The installation is part of provincial efforts to expand EV charging across Vancouver Island and follows other recent hub openings on the island. Funding for fast-charging hubs is provided through a partnership between the Province of B.C. and Natural Resources Canada.
Key details:
- The Ogden Point hub has 12 charging ports, including two 180-kilowatt fast chargers and eight Level 2 chargers.
- BC Hydro says the 180-kilowatt chargers can add about 180 kilometres of driving range in roughly 10 minutes for the average EV.
- The two 180-kilowatt units can be adjusted to provide two 90-kilowatt charges, allowing up to four EVs to use the two chargers at once.
- The hub is located at 185 Dallas Road in the Ogden Point Cruise Ship Terminal parking lot.
- The new installation adds to Victoria's existing two fast chargers at 1425 Store Street, giving the city a combined 14 charging ports.
- BC Hydro reported 829 charging ports at 180 stations across B.C., and says it operates more than 70 per cent of the network.
Summary:
The Ogden Point hub expands Victoria's charging capacity and strengthens Vancouver Island's role in B.C.'s public EV charging network. Undetermined at this time.
