We were planning on using the DC fast charger at our Superstore when doing our shopping this morning. Unfortunately, it was not available. In fact, I think it is probably the busiest BC Hydro fast charger on their network. I can check by opening plugshare.com and viewing the live status of all stations. (I use the app on my phone and not usually the web version.)
We returned home with no added juice and just a 44% charge. Why not explore the slower options? I drove up to the New Westminster City Hall. Presently there isn't a DC charger there. Level 2 chargers can provide just 220V of AC power, the same as consumed by an electric kitchen range or hot water heater. And a two-hour parking limit is imposed for each of the chargers. Rather than taking 40 minutes as the DC charger would have, my car calculated it'd take 7.5 hours to top up to 100% here.
It's much better to keep an EV battery at a maximum of 80% unless one is planning on an extended trip though. It was an easy walk back to the apartment for lunch and up the hill again before the time limit was up. I was only able to move the battery from 44% to 61% in two hours. That was an additional 78 kilometers of range. So I added approximately 24 miles of range per hour and the equivalent of about two gallons of gas in total. I am going through a whole lot of mental math here, going from kilometers to miles and litres to gallons as well.
Anyway, the walk down and up the hill was good exercise and as 98% of all BC electricity comes from hydroelectric sources, I easily did a small bit to reduce my carbon footprint.