The federal government has announced that it wants 20 per cent of all new vehicle sales to be electric by 2026 and wants that number to jump up to 60 per cent by 2030.
“It’s going to be really challenging to see if we are going to be able to drive enough demand in that direction. Remember we are talking about moving from roughly 66,000 units in 2021 to somewhere around 450,000 units by 2026,” said Childs.ICBC gas rebate not going over well some British Columbians And Childs echoed that sentiment, saying, ”if the price of gasoline stays around two dollars or goes up to three dollars per litre I don’t know that you’re going to need a ton of government subsidies to get people interested in switching.Elms points to Norway which is regarded as a world leader in this sector for proof that the transition can be done. He says electric vehicles outsell gas ones at a rate of 10 to 1 in the European country.
“Through our studies and through some research we identified that there’s a significant gap in many parts of the province for charging infrastructure, so we launched this program in conjunction with the federal government to fill those gaps. To hope fully fill those gaps as much as possible,” said SaskPower spokesperson Scott McGregor.