EV Charging in Canada stinks!

Mark Buckaway
11 min readFeb 28, 2022

Road tripping an EV, and trying to charge it….

At some point in the future, I intend to dump my gas vehicle and get an BEV or battery electric vehicle. I live in Waterloo, ON (Canada). Gas prices are a big incentive. Gas prices in Southern Ontario (Canada) are heading upwards of $2.00 per litre (about $8 gallon). That might be cheap in some places in the world, but it’s new to us. 99% of my driving is local. So, I could charge in my garage. I spend about $400/month (and growing) on gas driving my 2020 VW Tiguan. Doing nothing more than driving around town (shopping, etc.). With…

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Mark is a software developer by trade, wannaby pyschologist and pro-mountain biker, and hopes to win the lottery to fund his mountain bike and skiing hobbies.