Car Charging Station added to Oakville Tim Hortons

The race is on to add charging stations for the first wave of electric or hybrid cars on the market.  Tim Hortons, Oakville has installed an experimental charging station because they know that it takes time to charge a car. Time enough to grab a double-double or a donut!  The station is free of charge at 228 Wyecroft Road.

Others are lamenting that GO transit lots should offer recharging stations as that is where the cars are parked!

This partnership between Oakville Hydro and Tim Hortons (as well as the charging station hardware in part provided by Ford) has been commented on favourably. “At this stage, the goal for us is to explore and understand the technology, to see how it can work at our restaurants and how we can, in turn, support our guests who choose to go electric.”

In the GTA, there are currently several charging stations and more coming online all the time.

Tim Hortons Oakville 228 Wyecroft Road, Oakville Ontario

Mapleview Shopping Centre, Burlington, Ontario 900 Maple Ave. Burlington,Ontario L7S 2J8

Burlington Hydro, Burlington, Ontario 1334-1350 Brant St Burlington,Ontario L7R 3Z7

Mitsubishi Canada incl Level 3 – Mississauga Ontario 2090 Matheson Boulevard East Mississauga, L4W 5G2

John Street Garage – Brampton – Ontario, Canada 16 John Street Brampton,Ontario L6W2C3

St Clair Nissan, Toronto, Canada 3275 Dundas Street West Toronto, M6P 2A5

In the U.S., there are already over 5,000 charging station locations.

One day these vehicle charging stations will be everywhere.