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Ontario is going to kick-start the widespread availability of electric car charging stations to make it more convenient for families to choose electric cars, and DSHI executives have already been busy ensuring our products are front and centre for a “made in Ontario” EV Charging solution.
Premier Dalton McGuinty was in Markham today, where he charged an electric car and announced an $80 million fund to spur the development and investment in electric car-charging stations. DSHI Executives accompanied the Premier on a Canada/Ontario trade mission to Hong Kong and Shanghai where EV infrastructure is being rapidly deployed.
Ontario, together with Infrastructure Ontario, will encourage public and private sectors to come forward with proposals to build, test and expand the availability of recharging facilities. The Province will provide seed money to the projects chosen.
DSHI have already presented various EnerDynamic technologies to a number of mayors and councillors in Ontario and we continue to cultivate these relationships by attending information seminars and providing input from our global experience as part of the £400 million Plugged in Places, the OLEV charging infrastructure initiative in the UK.
Tom Bryson has followed up on his contact with MLA Dave Levac, Deputy Minister of Energy and Dalton McGuinty, Premier of the Province with great success, and the process leading up to an RFI is expected prior to the end of the year.
Ontario already offers people incentives to purchase electric cars -- including an incentive of $5,000 to $8,500 and "green license plates," which allow drivers to use the province's network of HOV lanes. Ontario is working hard to become a global leader in clean energy and is creating thousands of clean energy jobs across the province. Today's announcement is another step toward building a clean energy and manufacturing economy.
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