electric vehicles

2:30AM
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Electric vehicle sales mandates doomed to fail

Only 8.1 per cent of the 1.7 million new vehicles sold in Canada in 2023 were electric.


1:00AM
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Ottawa’s tariffs undercut Ottawa’s EV mandate

Electric vehicles are vastly more expensive coming off North American assembly lines than in China.


11:20AM
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Ottawa’s EV mandate may destroy Canadian auto industry

A large part of our economy is organized around making and using gasoline-powered cars.


3:00AM
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Canada should get out of EVs before bubble bursts

Tesla's electric vehicle sales are down 20 per cent in the first quarter this year compared to the same time last year.


9:05AM
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EV transition stalls despite government mandates and billion-dollar handouts

Aggressive government timelines for EV adoption clash with sluggish metal and mineral production.


2:30AM
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Governments in Canada accelerate EV ‘investments’ as automakers reverse course

According to the mandate, all new passenger vehicles and light trucks sold in Canada must be zero-emission by 2035.


4:30AM
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Electric vehicle mandates mean misery all around

It now takes 55 days to sell an electric vehicle in Canada, up from 22 days in the first quarter of 2023.


9:22AM
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Trudeau and Ford should attach personal fortunes to EV corporate welfare

Several automakers including Toyota and Ford have scaled back their EV production plans.


8:28AM
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U.S. politics looms large over Trudeau/Ford EV gamble

Developments in the U.S. have substantially increased the risk of any investment that relies on access to the U.S. market.