On June 8, ATCO Electric introduced a new electric car charging station in the town parking lot behind CIBC for more tourist attractions to the valley.
After lots of cooperation between the Town of Drumheller, and Sun Country Highway, ATCO chose Drumheller to showcase the new accessibility for electric cars.
“Well it’s a busy, touristy community,” said Terry Tonsi, ATCO District Manager. “We felt the opportunity that people would use this charging station was a high potential and this technology is so new, we have to get it out and make sure people use it.”
There are currently two charging stations located at the town parking lot and the Badlands Community Facility (BCF).
Sun Country Highway designs and builds the individual stations which is now considered the fastest electric vehicle charging network in the world.
The company was able to attend the event in style, sporting its luxury Tesla electric model.
As more users continue to access the chargers, ATCO will adapt and analyze the data collected from the machines.
“We are trying to understand it at this time but Drumheller is a perfect spot due to the tourism and high volume of traffic,” said Tonsi.
Overall, ATCO is proud to explore and expand into this new age of electric vehicles, hoping to become an industry leader.
“It’s very exciting technology,” said Tonsi “To see electric vehicles drive down the road and have zero emissions and you know it’s protecting the environment and it’s green, it’s very, very exciting.”
“Myself and the organization is tickled pink that we’re doing this.”
