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EV Charging Station 2020 vs 2021 Usage
February 8, 2022
Peaks to Prairies is a regional initiative supported by Southgrow Regional Initiative, Alberta Southwest Regional Alliance, The City of Calgary, the City of Lethbridge, the City of Medicine of Hat and Medicine Hat College.
Infrastructure is owned/operated by ATCO on the Flo network.
Find out more here: https://peakstoprairies.ca/
- 2021 Carbon Tax = 8.8 C/L gasoline (As of April)
- 2022 Carbon Tax = 11.1 C/L gasoline (As of April)
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Increasing yearly, by 2030 tax is currently planned to be 37.6 C/L (325% increase from 2021)
- The typical Canadian household receives more in rebates from this tax than they pay, just incentivizes additional savings via going electric
A few excellent resources to learn about myths and knowledge related to EV’s:
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Mythbusting; Electric Vehicles in Alberta
- Excellent MCCAC Blog post about some of the common EV myths in AB (Too cold! Their production/usage is worse for the environment! Etc.,) backed up by stats/studies
- EV Knowledge Guide
- Deeper dive into EV knowledge in general
- Excellent tool to compare EV lifecycle cost vs. ICE equivalents
- EV Savings Calculator Tool
- EV Battery Degradation Comparison Tool