TORONTO – SWTCH Energy, an electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions provider for multi-tenant properties across North America, announced a partnership with Bectrol, a Québec-based integrator of EV chargers and provider of industrial automation, distribution and manufacturing of control panels.
This partnership marks SWTCH’s first major partnership in Québec and helps expand EV charging infrastructure for tenants of multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) and commercial properties in the province. SWTCH’s open charging platform and energy management solution is already interoperable with Hydro-Québec’s Circuit Électrique, a public electric utility in Québec and beyond.
“SWTCH is honored to partner with Bectrol, a leader in EV charging installation projects in Québec,” said Carter Li, SWTCH Energy CEO and co-founder. “Bectrol has become a regional leader as a full-service EV charging installer, and we’re excited to extend our solution and team to scale the deployment of chargers across Québec together.”
Currently, 46 percent of all registered EVs in Canada are located in Québec. The province has an ambitious goal of having 1.5M electric vehicles on the road by 2030, however, this requires robust charging infrastructure. “We decided to partner with SWTCH because their energy management solution is efficient, reliable, and economical,” said Jean Nicolas Dupéré, strategic co-director at Bectrol.
While Québec currently has no province-wide regulations to make MURBs EV-ready, the city of Laval already mandates new MURBs to provide electrical structures to accommodate EV chargers. Other cities are expected to follow suit in the coming months and years, making this partnership especially timely.
This partnership follows on the heels of SWTCH’s 2022 roaming agreement with Electric Circuit, the largest public EV charging network in Québec. As a result, SWTCH and Electric Circuit account owners gained the ability to charge on either network, granting SWTCH drivers an additional 3,800 chargers, including 600 fast-charging stations; meanwhile, Electric Circuit drivers gained access to an additional 2,750 chargers at multi-tenant properties across North America.
