A new Electric Vehicle charging station is now open in downtown Kincardine.
The station is located in the refurbished parking lot to the east of Queen St.
Bruce Power, Plug'n Drive, Baywest Nissan and the Municipality of Kincardine collaborated on the initiative.
Kincardine Mayor Anne Eadie says the station will make the area a more desirable destination for residents, visitors and newcomers. She says electric vehicles will have an increasing presence on our roads in the coming years, so a charging station downtown makes sense.
This is the third of eight stations Bruce Power is collaborating to open, with chargers already operating in Wroxeter, Southampton and Port Elgin.
Bruce Power's manager of Community Relations, Rob Liddle, says it is also important to ensure that as EVs become more common, the electricity powering them comes from a clean source like nuclear.
“Bruce Power provides 30% of Ontario’s energy while producing zero carbon emissions,” Liddle says. “It is inevitable that emissions from the transportation sector will decrease as the viability of EVs as a primary mode of transportation rise. By investing in EV infrastructure and producing clean, reliable energy, Bruce Power is helping to keep clean the air we breathe.”
