ZEVIP program is extended and expected to finance 55,000 new chargers, with money for research and efforts to modernize a ‘patchwork’ grid
Premier-elect Lorne Doerkson has pledged to scrap the ZEV sales quotas along with other clean energy rollbacks, putting a decade of EV leadership in question
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario premier Doug Ford announced the measures in Ottawa, drawing mixed reactions from the auto industry and clean-energy advocates
Industry association Electric Mobility Canada and Quebec EV group AVEQ find five major parties offer different approaches to EV sales targets, home charging and zero-emission trucks
With promised stringent GHG emissions standards still in the works, only Quebec and B.C. are regulating ZEV sales in the country
The Canadian Charging Infrastructure Council projects what charging investment opportunities could look like with the right set of policies behind them
Environment Minister Pascale Déry cites supply chain and international trade issues in reduced expectations
Ottawa says the plan could double grid capacity by 2050, expand clean power and develop up to $15 billion in energy savings
Head of Electric Vehicle Association of Atlantic Canada says the way levy is implemented ‘doesn’t seem fair’
ZEVIP funding for 122 recipients and more than 8,000 chargers, with $7.2 million for 30 EV education projects, will complement the previously announced $1.5 billion in loans for Charging and Hydrogen Refuelling Infrastructure Initiative