Canada is on track to have the first transcontinental electric highway, with plans announced by former state-owned energy firm Petro-Canada to roll out 50 high-powered electric vehicle charging stations along the 4,860-mile Trans-Canada highway by 2020.
Now part of Calgary-based giant Suncor Energy, Petro-Canada will start work this spring on the network, to extend from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. The firm did not announce exact locations for the charging stations nor construction costs or contractors.