Sales of zero-emission vehicles soared almost 20 per cent in May, according to Statistics Canada, with more than 18,000 sold across the country.
Zero-emission vehicle sales in Canada have been rising sharply ever since the federal government revived consumer rebates for some electric vehicles (EVs) in February.
EV sales have also been increasing ever since the war in the Middle East launched at the end of February and sent gas prices surging.
Statistics Canada said Wednesday that there were a total of 190,564 new motor vehicles sold in May, including zero-emission vehicles and traditional gas-powered models. This was a drop of 1.9 per cent from a year earlier, with new truck sales falling 2.2 per cent and sales of new passenger cars ticking up 0.1 per cent.
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Zero-emission vehicle sales totalled 18,308 in May, up 19.7 per cent from a year earlier.
That also means the proportion of vehicles sold that were zero-emission vehicles was 9.6 per cent in the month, up from 7.9 per cent a year earlier, the agency says.
In April, zero-emission vehicle sales in Canada increased 21.2 per cent from a year earlier, with 17,795 sold.
Zero-emission vehicle is how the agency classifies all “vehicles that produce no tailpipe emissions or pollutants when operating.” Most EVs sold in Canada are classified as zero-emission vehicles, including both fully battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, as well as vehicles that use hydrogen fuel cells.
Under the federal consumer rebate program, Canadians who purchase or lease a battery-electric or fuel cell electric vehicle will receive up to $5,000 and up to $2,500 for plug-in hybrids priced up to $50,000. That $50,000 cap does not apply if the vehicles are made in Canada.
Ottawa allocated $2.275 billion toward the rebate program, which is to last up to five years.
In the first three months since launching the rebates, Canadians reportedly claimed more than $122 million in rebates for new EV purchases.
People that buy EVs
*people that work for EV companies
*politicians and the-wish-they-were
*Retired people who have nowhere to be on time.
*people that make poor life decisions at young ages
I believe these stats to be false. Statscam has been bought and paid for by the Liberals to say whatever is needed to forward the climate change scam.
Vancouverite, the figure is 18,308 in 190,560 vehicles sold.
That’s the statistic they go to lengths to evade.
That’s after government rebates kick in? If you need to subsidize a vehicle’s sale to generate sales growth you are not generating organic, sustainable sales growth that shows an increased interest or change in customer patterns, you are simply encouraging business to charge more for a product than it is worth.
An EV is far, far more inconvenient than a gas-powered vehicle and yet it is not reflected in the price due to government subsidy.
This belief that we can subsidize our path to Utopia is killing civilization. There is no path to Utopia but the one that forever fails to achieve it no matter the grief it causes.
EV are for guys who are light in the loafers.
No such thing as zero emission vehicles. Brake dust is very much an emission.
Of course the right wingers are jumping up and down like toddlers over these statistics
This metric includes (and is probably dominated by) hybrids. People are not necessarily choosing more of these for that specific feature, it comes standard on certain models.
I personally avoid it as I worked for GM some years ago and the hybrid batteries don’t last the life of the vehicles. Against my advice, our company bought a fleet of GM vehicles and they keep bricking themselves when parked. Nothing works, not even the dome lights or keyless entry, we had to open them using the real keys inside the fobs. At less than 8000km one had to be towed twice for an update. That is unacceptable and the Stellantis are also doing it, but they refuse to charge more than about 5% at a time, then you need to restart the charge process again, over and over.
I also don’t want to need an app just to use or recharge my car, and then get there and find the chargers are all broken just they are here, locally. No thank you.
I watched ev owners panic in manning park when the wifi went down and the charging stations wouldn’t accept their cards for payment. It’s not like you can help them by going and getting a container filled at the next gas station as could be done to assist someone who ran out of gas. Just food for thought.
I’m sooo excited some folks can still afford new vehicles using my tax dollars rebate