As Saanich gets ready to host a series of public meetings about its climate action plan, a website reveals the municipality has 28 Level 2 charging locations.

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Two Level 3 chargers are also available: one at Uptown and one at the Volkswagen dealership on Douglas Street. This does not account for any private charging stations associated with residential properties or businesses, said Rebecca Newlove, SaanichB次元官网网址檚 manager of sustainability.

The municipality also looks to increase the number of electric vehicles (EVs) in its fleet. According to Newlove, SaanichB次元官网网址檚 municipal fleet consists out of about 170 vehicles and an additional approximately 110 vehicles for police and fire.

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Transportation accounts for about 58 per cent of SaanichB次元官网网址檚 community-wide emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). According to ICBC, Vancouver Island was home to 5,300 hybrid vehicles, and 770 electric vehicles in 2016. Province-wide, ICBC recorded 30,000 hybrids and 3,400 electric vehicles. While growing, these numbers reflect tiny fractions of the vehicles on provincial roads.

In 2016, ICBC recorded a total of 2.41 million passenger vehicles, and 800,000 commercial vehicles. In fact, ICBC records almost four times as many motorcycles and mopeds (120,000) than the combined number of hybrids and electric vehicles (33,400).

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