On-Street Electric Vehicle Charging Stations - Pilot Update

While uptake of the pilots' charging stations has increased over the past 12 months, the pandemic has had an impact on some of the findings. This ongoing review will allow time to collect additional data for a more accurate reflection of Electric Vehicle charging adoption as more of the workforce returns to work centres and Electric Vehicle owners require steady-state charging of their Electric Vehicles. If approved staff will be seeking City Council authority to amend the existing participation agreements between Transportation Services and Toronto Hydro to reflect an extension to the pilots for eight more months. The report also speaks to the plan for extending the first stage of the Electric Vehicle roll-out into a more comprehensive city-wide program. It is further anticipated that this program be transferred to the responsibility of the Toronto Parking Authority beginning in 2023 and that Toronto Parking Authority integrate this program with its network of public Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure that it is developing as part of its Electric Vehicle charging program.

3. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee with the final results of the Downtown and Residential On-street Electric Vehicle Charge Station pilot at the end of the extended evaluation period in the Second Quarter of 2022, should part 1 of this report be approved, and next steps on an expanded program for on-street electric vehicle charging with implementation on-street as early as 2022. 4. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services in consultation with Toronto Hydro and the Toronto Parking Authority to commence expansion of the City's On-Street Electric Vehicle Charging Station program, including siting criteria, costs, and any other requirements to ensure expeditious roll-out of further locations as funding becomes available in 2022, with existing charge stations and future new charge stations to be transferred to the responsibility of the Toronto Parking Authority in 2023. 5. City Council authorize and direct the appropriate City officials to take the action to give effect thereto.