Chinese EVs are kept off Canadian roads by a 100% tariff. With ties to China thawing and trade diversifying, should Ottawa revisit the policy? @jeyantvo.bsky.social asks @joannakyriazis.bsky.social (@cleanenergycanada.org) and Addisu Lashitew (@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social)
🇨🇦 "B.C., Quebec, and California have never waited for other provinces or U.S. states to catch up with us before. We shouldn’t start now—just as we’re falling behind the rest of the world," says @joannakyriazis.bsky.social.
Our full take on today's announcement👇
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Homegrown energy. How household upgrades can meet 100 percent of data center demand growth.
"The colours on a butterfly’s wings are not trivial – they have been designed over millions of years... being colourful in the Amazon may be turning into a disadvantage"
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"Volkswagen–the brand, not the group–is now the new king." insideevs.com/news/766695/...
Automakers are pushing to repeal 🇨🇦’s EV sales requirements. @cleanenergycanada.org disagrees. Here’s an article describing why and what we’d like to see from government to deliver more affordable EV models to Canadian drivers.
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Why would Ontario use its political clout to push a pipeline? So many other priorities the province and should be pursuing.
🏙️🔌 Creating a federal requirement for all new homes, especially multi-unit residential homes, to be built with #EV charging from the start is the ideal approach, says @joannakyriazis.bsky.social.
“It’s three to four times cheaper to do it from the start than it is to retrofit."
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🇨🇦 "Ultimately, the EV Availability Standard is a policy for consumers, not the auto sector... Any adjustments to the (policy) must be considered in (this) context," says Clean Energy Canada's @racheldoran.bsky.social and @joannakyriazis.bsky.social.
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🍁🔌💰 Suburbs are currently "your best place to go electric" as residents tend to have fewer transit options and longer car commutes—but for those in denser urban areas also in need of a car, the lack of charging options locks them out of the #EV transition, says @joannakyriazis.bsky.social. #cdnpoli
Last but not least, it's not only EVs that matter, it's making gas vehicles more fuel efficient & less polluting too. Trump is rolling back US tailpipe emission standards. The majority (58%) of Cdns believe Canada should stick with stronger standards introduced by Biden.
When it comes to the 100% tariff on Chinese EVs, 53% of Canadians say they would prefer a lower tariff that balances industry protection & consumer affordability, while 29% support removing the tariff altogether. Only 19% of Canadians support keeping in place a 100% tariff.
Affordability is a key barrier, so we asked about opening Canada's car market to EVs from elsewhere.
70% of Canadians support allowing for sale any vehicle that has passed safety and environmental standards in Europe, which could include some smaller, more affordable EVs.
Also worth noting that 45% is a lot higher than 2024 EV sales (which accounted for some 15% of new car sales), so there's a lot of remaining demand out there to still be captured.
In the GTHA, which has far lower EV uptake than Metro Vancouver, 55% of respondents still preferred getting an EV over a gas car—and that number increased to 62% when presented with a number of facts about EVs, suggesting more education and awareness is key.
Interest is even higher in Canada’s large urban regions. In another recent survey of the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area & Metro Vancouver also by Abacus Data on behalf of Clean Energy Canada, seven in 10 respondents (69%) in the Metro Vancouver region favoured EVs.
Interest varies significantly based on age and location. Majorities in Quebec (55%) and B.C. (53%) are still inclined to go electric over gas, as well as those aged 18 to 29 (57%) and 30 to 44 (52%).
45% of Canadians say they are certain, very likely, or inclined to purchase an EV as their next car, representing a 13-point decrease compared to when this question was asked in 2022. BUT...
NEW POLLING out today from @cleanenergycanada.org & Abacus Data looking at 🇨🇦 attitudes towards EVs—purchase intent, interest in Chinese & European EVs, & desire to follow Trump's rollback of fuel economy standards. cleanenergycanada.org/poll-large-m...
🔋🚗💰 Canada’s walled-off, uncompetitive car market is keeping the best options from the many Canadians who do, in fact, want EVs, write Clean Energy Canada's @racheldoran.bsky.social and @joannakyriazis.bsky.social.
New op-ed in @thestar.com👇
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🇨🇦🔋🚗📈 The sudden pause of Canada's federal EV rebate program, which helped grow domestic EV share from 3.1% in 2019 to over 11.7% in 2023, "represents a big oversight” for both the country's emergent EV industry and Canadians looking to save on transportation costs, says @joannakyriazis.bsky.social.
EU introduces secondary legislation for Net-Zero Industry Act #energysky -- via pv magazine global: www.pv-magazine.com/...
"They’re not building an economy — they’re dismantling it and giving away the future of manufacturing.” - @industriouslabs.bsky.social's @evangillespie.bsky.social: heatmap.news/energy/doe-c... via @emilypont.bsky.social 🔌💡
The U.S. Department of the Interior said on Friday it was implementing emergency permitting procedures to accelerate reviews of geothermal energy projects www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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“Trump's trade war has cost companies more than $34 billion in lost sales and higher costs, according to a Reuters analysis of corporate disclosures, with companies pursuing various strategies to cope.”
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Somebody has *got* to tell Norway that EVs don't work in the cold ...
GM Is Bringing LFP Battery Production To America: Report - InsideEVs insideevs.com/news/760990/...
