Kanada hat seinen Markt für Elektrofahrzeuge im Jahr 2025 im Alleingang zerstört
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/canada-broke-its-electric-vehicle-market-in-2025-and-it-did-so-alone/article_2ac6fa6d-d941-4d65-837d-adf8f6451032.html
Kanada hat seinen Markt für Elektrofahrzeuge im Jahr 2025 im Alleingang zerstört
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/canada-broke-its-electric-vehicle-market-in-2025-and-it-did-so-alone/article_2ac6fa6d-d941-4d65-837d-adf8f6451032.html
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Good piece outlining exactly how damaging Liberal policies have been to the EV market, and to the nascent industry they are ostensibly attempting to protect, but the second clause in that thesis is a little curious. We did not do this alone, we did it *almost alone* in the entire world but there was one other country who is also responsible for North America becoming an outlier on EV adoption, the one whose policy on Chinese EVs we mirrored.
The radio silence on incentives is the more damaging of all the policy choices. Clarity is what people need because they do not want to lose out on thousands in incentives just because they bought a day, a week, or even a month early.
I would expect some makes to step in with rebates like how Hyundai has done in the US if there was greater clarity of the government would act or not.
I would also add that the European level tariffs has we imposed those would still have mostly locked out most Chinese EVs, but there would be more options than we have now. Chinese EVs should not be viewed as a panacea unless we have no auto industry like Australia. The UK as usual shoots their own foot and I do not see the status quo there surviving much longer.
The affordability mandate will struggle as despite there being a market for smaller vehicles, none of the major players have offered them in NA and have been cutting them. The B segment is basically dead. Allowing Euro spec cars is what would be needed.
Lift the tariff on the Chinese EVs and watch EV sales soar. There are lots of Canadians who would love to get their hands on a 25k EV as they are sold in Australia. Most EVs in Canada that are readily available are over 55k. At that price point you are pricing out a large chunk of the population unless there are government rebates. And federal and provincial governments can’t keep subsidizing these vehicles for ever and they are not with more and more of these rebates not being funded. Free market is the only solution if you seek proliferation of EVs in Canada.