[Petro Canada] Free Fast EV Charging Patricia Bay (Victoria BC)

Mar 14th, 2022 5:17 pm

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I RFD [OP]: Deal Addict; Oct 7, 2008; 2420 posts; 1490 upvotes; Home

Mar 14th, 2022 5:17 pm

[Petro Canada] Free Fast EV Charging Patricia Bay (Victoria BC)

Savings:: 100%
Retailer:: Petro Canada

Tried to pay with app, couldn't connect. Plugged the car in and just started charging.

YMMV, there may be guy charging his Silverado there , but they usually charge pretty fast

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Mar 14th, 2022 6:19 pm

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Repo600: Member; Jul 15, 2012; 314 posts; 925 upvotes; GVA

Mar 14th, 2022 6:19 pm

Hopefully it’s not charged to whoever was there before you.

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Mar 14th, 2022 6:25 pm

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Joelm72: Member; Dec 22, 2014; 210 posts; 201 upvotes; Peterborough, ON

Mar 14th, 2022 6:25 pm

Repo600 wrote: ↑ Hopefully it’s not charged to whoever was there before you.

the total says $0.00

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Mar 15th, 2022 1:15 am

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muffin4life: Deal Fanatic; Jun 4, 2012; 5484 posts; 4965 upvotes

Mar 15th, 2022 1:15 am

Repo600 wrote: ↑ Hopefully it’s not charged to whoever was there before you.

I can see a charge back happening in that case

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Mar 15th, 2022 1:47 am

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SamuraiPizzaCat: Member; May 6, 2006; 242 posts; 146 upvotes; Victoria

Mar 15th, 2022 1:47 am

Hey this is near my house. Too bad my Volt only takes J1772

I'd be more apathetic if I weren't so lethargic

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Mar 15th, 2022 1:49 am

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Bertuzzi44: Member; Jun 28, 2019; 455 posts; 240 upvotes; Vancouver

Mar 15th, 2022 1:49 am

There’s lots of free chargers around Vancouver as well, just need to look for them or search online

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Mar 15th, 2022 2:06 am

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alireja: Sr. Member; Oct 9, 2019; 882 posts; 1711 upvotes; Victoria, BC

Mar 15th, 2022 2:06 am

This is near my house, too bad I do not own an EV.

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Mar 15th, 2022 3:07 am

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mikebc: Deal Addict; May 22, 2015; 2920 posts; 3322 upvotes; Burnaby

Mar 15th, 2022 3:07 am

Repo600 wrote: ↑ Hopefully it’s not charged to whoever was there before you.

If he's not on RFD does it matter?

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Mar 15th, 2022 4:55 am

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wanton007: Deal Addict; Jul 17, 2005; 1213 posts; 235 upvotes

Mar 15th, 2022 4:55 am

That's up the street from me but my Tesla needs a special adapter

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Mar 15th, 2022 11:28 am

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Sling: Member; Oct 16, 2006; 287 posts; 314 upvotes; Waterloo

Mar 15th, 2022 11:28 am

If you use ChargeHub you can find free chargers everywhere. Even small ass rural Ontario towns have it.

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Mar 15th, 2022 11:33 am

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instanoodles: Sr. Member; Jun 10, 2003; 784 posts; 193 upvotes; Halifax

Mar 15th, 2022 11:33 am

Im more surprised that the charger is actually working. The 2 petro chargers in my area have been so unreliable it seems like they are down more than actually working.

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Mar 15th, 2022 1:52 pm

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cheaper_than_cheap: Deal Addict; Dec 20, 2007; 3929 posts; 4834 upvotes; Prince George

Mar 15th, 2022 1:52 pm

Sling wrote: ↑ If you use ChargeHub you can find free chargers everywhere. Even small ass rural Ontario towns have it.

Not DC fast chargers I think? Usually only level 2

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Mar 15th, 2022 2:45 pm

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Sling: Member; Oct 16, 2006; 287 posts; 314 upvotes; Waterloo

Mar 15th, 2022 2:45 pm

cheaper_than_cheap wrote: ↑ Not DC fast chargers I think? Usually only level 2

Oh cool i missed that in the OP

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Mar 15th, 2022 5:59 pm

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death_hawk: Deal Expert; Aug 22, 2006; 30399 posts; 15888 upvotes

Mar 15th, 2022 5:59 pm

I wonder if it's busted.

Sometimes Petro Canada chargers in Vancouver don't bill you either.

Do you not have anything else to do rather than argue with strangers on the internet

Nope. That's why I'm on the internet arguing with strangers. If I had anything better to do I'd probably be doing it.

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Mar 15th, 2022 8:28 pm

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trueg: Member; Apr 1, 2003; 334 posts; 101 upvotes; Victoria

Mar 15th, 2022 8:28 pm

I go there when I'm in the area for a free charge. I get free charging under RBC until the end of April. I would love it if they built one heading up island towards Duncan.

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Mar 15th, 2022 9:16 pm

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eugene188: Deal Addict; Sep 10, 2010; 3554 posts; 1966 upvotes; Ottawa

Mar 15th, 2022 9:16 pm

I don't have an EV but am curious about the charge speed. Like when I go to fill up gas, it will take maybe like 5mins to fill it up to the top.

How much charge can 5 mins get at one of these stations? Do you gotta plan around charging?

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Mar 16th, 2022 4:54 am

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iamsoflossy: Newbie; Apr 7, 2016; 99 posts; 32 upvotes

Mar 16th, 2022 4:54 am

eugene188 wrote: ↑ I don't have an EV but am curious about the charge speed. Like when I go to fill up gas, it will take maybe like 5mins to fill it up to the top.

How much charge can 5 mins get at one of these stations? Do you gotta plan around charging?

apparantly they max out at 100kwh it varies by car/state of charge/how warm the battery is and many other factors but around 4km-30km of driving per minute charging on them. So 5 minutes could be 20km to 150km of driving.

As for the second question depends on your vehicle and it’s range and how far you are going to drive for the day. If you are expecting to drive 700km straight for example you would need a plan to charge yes. Varies by car of course.

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Mar 16th, 2022 11:04 am

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eugene188: Deal Addict; Sep 10, 2010; 3554 posts; 1966 upvotes; Ottawa

Mar 16th, 2022 11:04 am

iamsoflossy wrote: ↑ apparantly they max out at 100kwh it varies by car/state of charge/how warm the battery is and many other factors but around 4km-30km of driving per minute charging on them. So 5 minutes could be 20km to 150km of driving.

As for the second question depends on your vehicle and it’s range and how far you are going to drive for the day. If you are expecting to drive 700km straight for example you would need a plan to charge yes. Varies by car of course.

So like if I'm at around 1/4 charge left, I would need to plan to have the car sit at the charger for at least 20 mins to get it near full? I guess that means, you gotta plan to do some errands in the vicinity or just sit in the car right?

I'm thinking a plug-in hybrid might be more of my speed. If I'm travelling between cities, I can use gas to finish off the trip and not need to wait at a charging station.

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Mar 16th, 2022 11:25 am

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LesDeals: Deal Addict; Dec 13, 2019; 1311 posts; 1367 upvotes

Mar 16th, 2022 11:25 am

This is a good and interesting development that we're slowly inching forward towards an electrified future. I also read an article recently that said the writer is appreciative that Tesla is building a new dealership on the island, but they have zero superchargers beyond the south island, which defeats the purpose of the Tesla being environmentally friendly for those who want to take their environmentally friendly EV for a wilderness road trip up island. >_>

I seem to recall recently from a Petro-Canada promo email that if you have an RBC card, Petro-Canada does offer free charging for a limited time as a promo to promote their new business of EV charging in addition to its gasoline and diesel business. Smart move, imho.

With such infrastructure starting to pop up, it's going to help nudge the market more into the EV direction, which will reduce the need to burn fossil fuels. Don't own an EV myself, yet, but I'm keeping my eye out on the market. Test drove the Volt once and it was quite the experience when you get that instantaneous jolt by flooring the accelerator pedal without the need to wait for the engine and tranny to rev up. Other than that, it's really like driving a regular vehicle.

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Why settle for full retail price when you can wait and get it at a lower price for better value (even better if there's a bundled freebies deal)? 😉

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Mar 16th, 2022 11:27 am

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vpasla1: Member; Apr 24, 2012; 226 posts; 296 upvotes; Orillia

Mar 16th, 2022 11:27 am

alireja wrote: ↑ This is near my house, too bad I do not own an EV.

Well then the only logical thing to do is buy an EV to take advantage of this deal lol.

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Free Fast EV Charging Patricia Bay (Victoria BC)

[Petro Canada] Free Fast EV Charging Patricia Bay (Victoria BC)

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