Ottawa Announces Plan to Phase Out Sales of Gas-Powered Vehicles by 2035

Published on December 19, 2023

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has announced Ottawa’s plan to make all new vehicles sold in Canada zero-emission electric vehicles (EVs) by 2035. “The electric vehicle availability standard that drives Canada towards all new light-duty vehicle sales in Canada to be electric or plug-in hybrid by 2035,” Mr. Guilbeault said during a press conference on Dec. 19. “This includes the interim goals along the way, beginning with 20 percent of all new vehicle sales being EVs by 2026.” The plan will require Canadian vehicle manufacturers to ensure at least one-fifth of the vehicles they sell in 2026 are fully electric or plug-in hybrids. That number will rise to three-fifths by 2030 and then to 100 percent by 2035....

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