An advocate for electric vehicles in Newfoundland and Labrador believes there needs to be more encouragement from the provincial government regarding charging infrastructure.

David Butt says the province has many avenues it can go down to increase the highway charging network.

He points out that NL Hydro has put in a “fair bit of effort” on creating knowledge and infrastructure within their abilities.

However, he says that crown corporation recently ran into a roadblock with the PUB in which they were “blocked” from installing the next phase of their ultra-fast highspeed chargers.

He says those chargers would allow drivers of newer EVs to get a full charge in less than 20 minutes. He encourages Hydro to submit a new application to see if the PUB will accept it.