Charged up: Kamloops councillor takes to social media to get action on TCC EV charger
KAMLOOPS — While electric cars still have a long way to go before surpassing combustion cars as the primary mode of personal transportation in the city, more and more of the battery powered vehicles are appearing on city streets. What do you do if you’re driving an EV, and running low on battery power? While there are some charging stations throughout Kamloops, the quick charge kiosk at the Tournament Capital Centre has been out of commission for several months, prompting one city councillor to ask why it took so long to get fixed.
It was almost three years ago the city unveiled its new quick charging station for electric cars at the tournament capital centre; recently, the charger hasn’t been working, and while the problem didn’t affect the vast majority of the city’s population, it did come to the attention of city councillor Arjun Singh, who drives an electric car.
“[The charging station] is a good back-up,” said Singh, who drives a Nissan Leaf EV. “When you’re travelling from place to place, intercity, they’re basically critical, so to have the EV charger down for this long has been a problem.”