Four years ago, back in 2022, a bold experiment landed on the streets of Montréal. The vision from the team at BIXI Montréal was ambitious yet clear: as their electric bike fleet expanded rapidly, they needed a fast, reliable, and sustainable way to charge e-bikes directly at the dock. However, expanding a traditional grid-tied charging network across a dense metropolitan landscape presented familiar, friction-heavy obstacles - months of utility permitting, expensive sidewalk