The Canadian government announced earlier that it will strengthen its future zero-carbon emission development goals, including achieving a 20% ratio of new passenger cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the country to be fully electric or hybrid designs as early as 2026.
Prior to this, the Canadian government's original target was 15%. This time, not only will the 2026 target be raised to 20%, but it is also expected to raise this target to 60% in 2030, and all vehicles in the country will be built with zero carbon emissions by 2035.
The Canadian government estimates that if it can successfully reduce carbon emissions year by year, it is expected to save about C$34 billion (about NT$764.4 billion) in total energy costs between 2026 and 2050.
Currently, carbon emissions from passenger vehicles account for about 10% of Canada's total carbon emissions. Although the Canadian government has formulated relevant zero-carbon emission development goals, they are not actually enforced within Canada. Even Quebec and British Columbia have their own regulations.
This time, the proposal to strengthen the zero-carbon emission development goal is made, and the relevant regulations are expected to be formally proposed within 2023. Vehicle importers and manufacturers who fail to cooperate in the future will be fined in accordance with the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
To encourage consumers to upgrade to electric vehicles, the Canadian government plans to fund the installation of more than 85,000 public charging stations across the country by 2027, thereby expanding the infrastructure for the use of electric vehicles in Canada. In addition, it will provide subsidies of up to 5,000 Canadian dollars to general consumers and up to 10,000 Canadian dollars to businesses to increase the proportion of electric vehicle use. It even plans to invest in electric vehicle manufacturers to lower the threshold for purchasing and using electric vehicles.
In the first half of this year, electric vehicles accounted for approximately 7.2% of new cars sold in Canada, up from 5.2% in the same period last year. In addition, approximately 15% of new cars in British Columbia were electric vehicles, while in Quebec and Ontario, electric vehicles accounted for 11.4% and 5.5% of new cars respectively. The proportion of electric vehicle sales in other provinces was less than 4%, indicating that most people are still accustomed to using traditional fuel vehicles.
Information source: CSRone Sustainable Think Tank (https://csrone.com/news/7689）
