There are differing estimates for what is required in terms of public charging infrastructure. Our assessment is based on what leading jurisdictions in the world are doing and what ratio they're using. Typically, the ratio that's determined is, how many EVs on the road per public charger do you need?
What we see when we look at California, Germany and the European Union is that the ratio they use is 10:1. In Canada, the federal government's most recent assessment put out by NRCan is suggesting that we need 43 EVs on the road per public port. I don't understand why we've chosen such an unambitious target. I think that's extremely concerning if we're going to help every Canadian make the switch. While you can debate which ratio is the best, I know that we are not currently on track. Of the 34,000 chargers that the government has provided funding for, only 2,500 are operational.
The government's own study admits that we need to get to over 700,000 by 2050 to support an electrified fleet. I don't see a path from 2,500 to 700,000, and I would argue that 700,000 is far too few.