Last summer, thanks to a new partnership between mining giant Teck and Vancouver-based Portable Electric, the world’s most powerful mobile charging unit appeared at community events and music festivals throughout the Kootenays. Light enough to be towed behind a pick-up truck, these mobile units could improve the uptake of electric vehicles in remote places where fixed charging stations are few and far between and frigid winter temperatures are the norm.
Electric Vehicles Charging Forward

13%: amount of electric vehicle car sales in B.C. in 2021, the highest in North America. Photo by portable-electric.com.