Don't feel like compromising? OK, Mandatory V-8s running on leaded gas.
Leaded gas? Really? What does the free market want?
Dealers across the country (the Canadian one) have unsold EVs piling up on their lots because automakers overestimated consumer demand, made too many of them and ended up shipping the extras to dealerships whether the retailers wanted them or not. There are now too many EVs and not enough customers.
Ford and General Motors have announced huge reductions in EV production because consumer demand just isn’t there.
Admittedly, the third quarter of 2023 was good for EV sales in Canada. Of nearly 500,000 new vehicles sold from July through September, about one in 10 (10%) was an EV.
The problem is, one quarter does not a trend make. The other problem is, most of those EV sales were in two regions — the Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto triangle and greater Vancouver, i.e. places with higher-than-average incomes and milder winters.
Electrics are still not practical in most of the country, nor for average Canadians.
(Americans have more warm-weather markets than Canada, they have been ahead of us on the EV curve. They’ve had periods in which electric sales surged, but for most of the past year-and-a-half, EV sales in the U.S. have flat-lined also)
Most headlines about Tuesday’s announcement regarding electric vehicle (EV) sales in Canada had pretty much the same theme: Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault announced that 20% of all new vehicles sold in Canada “must be” EVs by 2026.
That’s at least double the share now. So, what is Guilbeault’s strategy for pulling off this radical transformation? He plans to reduce the time consumers must wait for delivery of electric cars. According to the brains trust in Ottawa, buyers are shying away from EVs because they have to wait too long for them to show up???
Trust the Trudeau government to pick the wrong solution to the wrong problem. Most headlines about Tuesday’s announcement regarding electric vehicle (EV) sales in Canada had pretty much the same theme: Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault announced that 20% of all new vehicles sold in Canada...
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Contrary to Liberal hype, EVs not only cost more to buy, they cost more to maintain and repair. Their range between charges is poor in the winter and recharging times are long. Last year, our federal Natural Resources department even admitted the push for all new vehicle sales to be EVs by 2035 would make cars and light trucks too expensive for 25% of Canadians.
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When it is no longer possible to buy internal-combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, one-quarter of Canadians will just have to go without cars. That doesn’t seem to bother Guilbeault, Trudeau or their pals in the environmental movement.
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(Yes, it is a Christmas Day Miracle, as the Liberals have jumped up in recent polls)
Consumer Reports magazine recently found EVs are 73% less reliable than gasoline and diesel vehicles. Because they are so much heavier, they chew through tires 40% faster. When they are in collisions, they cause more damage and are more expensive to repair, so are costlier to insure.
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Contrary to Liberal bumph, over their lifetimes, they are not cheaper than internal combustion engine vehicles.
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When it closed at midnight on Christmas Eve, e-petition 4701 became the most signed e-petition in Canadian history which ultimately means nothing at all. Having received as many signatures as it has, the government is required to present an official response to the House of Commons within 45 sitting days to be voted down by the non-coalition coalition that’s definitely not a coalition-type coalition government.
As PM celebrates Christmas and his birthday, hundreds of thousands of Canadians tell him it's time to go.
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