02:59 PM EDT, 06/04/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Metro (MRU.TO) and FLO, an electric vehicle (EV) charging company and smart charging solutions provider, on Tuesday announced a partnership to provide fast charging at more than 130 Metro, Super C,Food Basics and Marche Adonis grocery store locations in Quebec and Ontario. The partnership will install at least 500 fast charging ports from August.

"Metro is committed to adopting short-term, science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets for its direct and indirect emissions," said Michel Avigliano, Vice President, Real Estate and Engineering, Metro. "Through this partnership, we are taking action to reduce our indirect emissions linked to the transport of our customers, while contributing to the collective effort of transition towards a more low-carbon economy."

According to the statement, a significant number of these new installations are supported by FLO's partnership with the Canadian Infrastructure Bank (CIB), which committed $235 million to FLO bringing more than 1,900 public fast charging ports online across Canada by 2027.

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