City of Montreal amps up electric car charging network

The City of Montreal is giving its electric vehicle chargingnetworka big boost.

Fifty new charging stations will be installed across seven boroughs. The new stations will provide 100 spots for drivers to charge their electric vehicle.

The new stations will be installed in the following boroughs:

• Ctes-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grce (9).
• Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (7).
• Plateau Mont-Royal (7).
• Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie (8).
• Le Sud-Ouest (7).
• Verdun (4).
• Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension (8).

The city said it plans to have 1,000stations installed across all boroughs by 2020.

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It's not the first time this year that Montreal announced it would be adding more charging stations.

In August, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said the city would be installing 25 stations in the downtown core.

These new stations come in addition to 80 others which were installed under a Hydro-Qubec program in the parking lots of arenas, libraries, community centres and other municipal parking lots.

According to the city, Montreal is the firstmetropolis in Canada to have a network of charging station this size availableto residents and car-sharing services.

As of August 2016, there were 1,468 electric vehicles registered in Montreal according to documents from the Quebec association of Electric Vehicles.