The Canadian federal government has awarded $5 million in funding to install 157 new electric vehicle (EV) chargers across Atlantic Canada under the Zero Emissions Vehicle Infrastructure Program (ZEVIP). The initiative will target workplaces, public on-street parking, multi-unit residential buildings, and Indigenous community sites in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island.
Nova Scotia Power will receive $3 million to install 60 Level 3 chargers in public areas, while the Steele Auto Group is allocated $1.3 million to deploy 37 Level 2 and 28 Level 3 chargers at dealerships.
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Nikmaq Trading Inc. will install 10 Level 3 chargers at Halifax International Airport with a $742,500 grant, and the Glooscap First Nation will add two Level 3 chargers at a highway retail hub, linked to a solar microgrid funded partly through the Atlantic Indigenous Clean Energy Initiative. Multi-unit residential properties in Halifax will receive 20 Level 2 chargers via a $100,000 grant to Southwest Properties.
Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, said the investment would help build “reliable charging infrastructure where people need it” and bring Atlantic Canada closer to a cleaner energy future. Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister Kody Blois added that the funding aims to provide residents and Indigenous partners “the tools to make the switch to electric while creating good jobs and supporting local economies.”
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The announcement follows a series of recent EV infrastructure investments in Canada, including a $25 million federal initiative in mid-August and provincial projects in Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as private sector commitments such as Tim Hortons’ plan to install fast chargers at 100 locations nationwide.
