Ottawa Confirms Targets for Electric Vehicle Sales in Canada
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The Canadian government has announced the new regulations concerning its targets for electric vehicle sales in the country between now and 2035.
At a press conference held today (Tuesday), Canada's Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault, announced the new government standards. According to Guilbeault, the new standards will make electric vehicles more affordable and increase the number of charging stations. It remains to be seen how this approach will bring prices down. Time will tell.
We already knew the government was aiming for 2035 to ban the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles in Canada. We now know the steps that will lead the country there.
The first step is 2026. At that point, 20 percent of all light vehicles (cars, SUVs, pickups and vans) sold will have to be zero-emission.
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