Electric shock: A new study found that EVs were more expensive to fuel than gas-powered cars at the end of 2022
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The reason dealers might not be able to sell drivers the gas-powered cars they want is that the demand for electric vehicles is so low that selling too many gas-powered cars will cause dealers to miss their mandated electric vehicle sales targets.
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Because this past June, just 7.9% of vehicles sold in Canada were zero-emission. That’s down 13% from June 2024, according to the Montreal Economic Institute and Statistics Canada. The Liberal government has mandated that 20% of all new cars sold in Canada next year must be electric or plug-in hybrid.
To get up from 8% to 20% this January, either Canadians are going to have to want electric vehicles much more than they seem to want them right now, or the number of new gas-powered cars being sold is going to have to be curtailed.
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To get up from 8% to 20% this January, either Canadians are going to have to want electric vehicles much more than they seem to want them right now, or the number of new gas-powered cars being sold is going to have to be curtailed.