Toronto drivers can charge their EVs for free next week and here's how

The Toronto Parking Authority (TPA), which operates the Green P parking service, announced that EV charging will be free at all its stations starting next week.

The TPA currently owns and operates 500+ stations, with almost 80 per cent of Torontonians living within 5 km of a Green P charger.

Drivers can access free charging through the Flo or ChargePoint apps, by credit card, or with an RFID card at any Green P Level 2 or Level 3 station during Free EV Charging week. Interestingly, the TPA notes that EV charging will be integrated directly into the Green P app, which is used by 3 million users, sometime this year.

Also being introduced this year are the first ultrafast 100kW Level 3 chargers, launching at Carpark 43 (2 Church St. parking garage), and 10 additional on-street Level 2 chargers launching in Q2, with the TPA noting that "hundreds more" are planned to be added over the next two years.

The only caveat to Free EV Charging Week is that, despite charging being free, standard parking fees apply where applicable. Figures.

Free charging is available from midnight EST on April 20 to 11:59 p.m. EST on April 24.