Gov’t-Funded Research on EV Reliability Inconclusive After 6 Years

Published on January 25, 2024

A recent report from Canada’s Department of Natural Resources says it is still “too early” to fully evaluate the reliability of electric vehicles (EVs) in Canadian winters despite comprehensive research spanning six years at an investment of $76.1 million. “It is too early to fully evaluate the intermediate and ultimate outcomes,” said the report titled “Evaluation Of The Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Demonstration Program,” which was first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter. The federal government allocated up to $76 million in funding under Budgets 2016 and 2017 for the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Demonstration Program (EVID), which says it aimed to “accelerate the market entry of next generation clean energy infrastructure, by supporting demonstration projects of innovative EV charging and hydrogen refuelling technologies, in order to lead to an increased uptake of ZEVs.”...

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