{"id":610,"date":"2015-12-14T17:21:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T17:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/?p=610"},"modified":"2019-06-12T08:59:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T12:59:33","slug":"ontario-to-invest-20-million-to-build-network-of-electric-vehicle-charging-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/ontario-to-invest-20-million-to-build-network-of-electric-vehicle-charging-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario to invest $20 million to build network of electric vehicle charging stations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why is now the <strong>time to consider getting your home ready for your new new electric vehicle?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tims-EVCharging-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tims-EVCharging-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tims-EVCharging-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tims-EVCharging-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tims-EVCharging-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tims-EVCharging-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tims-EVCharging-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tims-EVCharging-1320x879.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Tims-EVCharging.jpg 1851w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Charging Station at Tim Hortons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ontario\u2019s Liberal government will hand out $20 million in grants next year to help create a network of public charging stations for electric vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When installed in your garage by a certified installer like Captain Electric, electric vehicle charging stations are reliable, safe, and easy to use. In addition to the convenience of choosing when to charge, they will reduce your battery charging time to about 4 hours, and will allow you to drive more gas-free and emission-free kilometers.<br>[iframe id=&#8221;http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/2387489\/&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; mode=&#8221;normal&#8221; autoplay=&#8221;no&#8221; maxwidth=&#8221;500&#8243;] <br clear=\"all\">The province wants public and private sector partners to build fast-charging electric vehicle stations in cities, along highways and at workplaces, apartments and condominiums, said Premier Kathleen Wynne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis program is part of Ontario\u2019s new, $325-million green investment fund,\u201d Wynne announced Tuesday at the climate change talks in Paris. \u201cWe know that for electric vehicles to take off in Ontario there has to be the infrastructure in place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is now the time to consider getting your home ready for your new new electric vehicle? Ontario\u2019s Liberal government will hand out $20 million in grants next year to help create a network of public charging stations for electric vehicles. When installed in your garage by a certified installer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electric-vehicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}