New Quebec policy promises to spark sales of electric vehicles

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Quebec is drafting new electric vehicle regulations that could incentivize more supply in the province. The province is aiming to have 65% of new vehicles sold in 2030 be electric. quepoli

, published Wednesday, chart a course for a “more ambitious ramp-up” on the way to 100 per cent EV purchases by 2035, said Joanna Kyriazis, a policy adviser with the research group Clean Energy Canada at Simon Fraser University.

The federal government’s targets are 50 per cent EV adoption by 2030 and 100 per cent by 2035, but the consultations are asking for suggested interim targets. The current system doesn’t measure EV sales by actual cars sold. Instead, it gives credits to automakers. The current crediting system is “complicated,” but the new system should “simplify” it by taking a “one-credit-per-EV-sold approach,” Kyriazis said.

 

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