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The measures are meant to bolster the federal government’s stated goal — announced by Transport Minister Marc Garneau in January — to ensure zero-emission vehicles account for 10 per cent of new vehicles sold in Canada by 2025. Ottawa wants 100 per cent sales of zero-emission vehicles by 2040.Dennis DesRosiers, a longtime auto analyst and industry consultant, said zero-emission vehicles like electric cars have failed to catch on with consumers without government subsidies to encourage people to buy them. The Liberals are “dreaming in technicolour” with their sales targets, he said, given that the current market share for electric vehicles is less than 3 per cent. “It’s the top end of the economy and only the top end of the economy that can afford an electric vehicle, so you’re subsidizing the wealthy with consumers’ tax money.”The Liberal targets have also been criticized as “reckless” by Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government as Premier Doug Ford continues to argue the federal Liberals’ climate change policies — in particular the carbon price plan which includes the tax on fuels — are unnecessarily harmful to the economy.
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Currently only one major electric vehicle is manufactured in Canada, the Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid, it said. Finally, the government is expanding a program to create a nationwide network of electric vehicle chargers, that has attracted controversy for also funding natural gas refueling stations that don't require renewable gas. March 2020 Updates Latest news on the US Car Allowance Rebate System and any State or Local Programs designed to reduce clunkers from America's roadways. CashforClunkers.org is a private news and information resource site and is not related to, endorsed by or managed by any government agency. 2020 will bring changes to the current state.
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