“The Peaks to Prairies project that we’re a part of, we don’t have a location yet or a timeline on that, but at least within 2020 for sure.”


Town communications co-ordinator Meghan Brennan


I’m just around town, it’s every couple of days. But if I go to Lethbridge and back, then I’ll charge it at night.” As for the infrastructure to charge the vehicle,


improvements are slowly being made at different locations in southern Alberta. “It’s starting to get better,”said Smith.“Fort


Macleod has a supercharger. Lethbridge has flow stations for electric cars, but for the Tesla we have to buy the adapter for it. I think they’re supposed to get a flow station in Taber.Medicine Hat is get- ting superchargers,Maple Creek is getting super- chargers,because right now between Medicine Hat and Saskatoon, there’s nothing.” As part of the Peaks to Prairies electric car


infrastructure initiative in southern Alberta,Taber will soon see its own charging station in place. “The Peaks to Prairies project that we’re a part


of,we don’t have a location yet or a timeline on that, but at least within 2020 for sure,”said town communications co-ordinator Meghan Brennan. “That’s kind of the push we’ve been seeing is the electric cars.Being in southern Alberta and with the long stretch of Highway 3, it’s a long journey to make in an electric car,and can you actually make that? Well, Peaks to Prairies will do that now for us, which is really, really cool.So we’re


involved in that project, and looking forward to that.This one will be a charging station for all makes and models, which is really nice.” Smith has been driving the vehicle for about a


year and said she would consider another elec- tric vehicle in the future, although she also likes Tesla’s Model S.Not many Teslas can be found on Taber’s roadways, but there are models in other communities in southern Alberta. “Lethbridge has about 10-15 of them.Coaldale


has a couple.Medicine Hat has a lot.” For those unfamiliar with an electric vehicle, Smith admits it does sometimes prompt some comical questions. “I just get asked where do I put the gas?” laughed Smith.“That’s a lot,‘Where do you put the gas’? I have to tell them there’s no gas.A lot of the kids at the schools like it.They always point.”


In other places in Alberta,however, Smith


reports the Model 3 is often the target of van- dals. “There’s a lot of people that don’t like the car,


and there’s a lot of people that are damaging them.Calgary, major cities — Calgary is really bad. I think they see it as a threat, it’s cheaper than a Ford F350. It gets me where I need to go.” Investing in the Tesla encouraged the family to look into some other energy efficiency initiatives for their own acreage. “We also have solar panels out at our acreage.


Right now, with our solar panels,we don’t actual- ly have to pay for any electricity. It’s an 11-kilo- watt system with 40 Canadian solar panels, 315 watts each. It’s tied into the grid system on solar trackers, so it follows the sun to get the maxi- mum solar gain throughout the day.”


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