Carney kündigt neue Anreize für den Kauf von Elektrofahrzeugen an und streicht das Verkaufsmandat
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-electric-vehicles-evs-buyer-incentive-autos-ottawa-emissions-sales/
Carney kündigt neue Anreize für den Kauf von Elektrofahrzeugen an und streicht das Verkaufsmandat
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-electric-vehicles-evs-buyer-incentive-autos-ottawa-emissions-sales/
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I can’t wait to buy a subsidized Chinese EV
When does this take effect?
I don’t see any reference to timing for the rebates to start, or conditions for the”up to” $5,000. Does anyone have this information?
Under the plan announced on Thursday, Mr. Carney said Ottawa will:
Introduce tougher emission standards for car model years 2027-32. The goal is to make EVs 75 per cent of sales by 2035 and 90 per cent by 2040.
Reinstate the EV subsidies for consumers of up to $5,000 for battery electric and fuel EVs, and up to $2,500 for plug-in hybrids (PHEVs).
Spend $1.5-billion on new EV charging infrastructure.
Spend up to $3.1-billion to help the auto industry grow and diversify to new markets.
For autoworkers, introduce worksharing to reduce layoffs and new training initiatives.
Imagine we spend last 5 7 years on pushing hybrids then trying to push only evs.
Likely would have drastically reduced car emissions already.
Glad the govt saw sense!
Environmental policy needs to take real world considerations into account then be focused on moral purity.
Glad the likes of guillbeaut sitting as regular mp these days
I bet prices rise overnight by the exact amount of the rebates.
Important note: for non-canadian produced EVs, the incentives will only apply from countries of origin with whom Canada has a free trade agreement. So, this would not apply to Chinese EVs. There’s also a cap of 50k for the incentives.
Incentive for ebikes as well?
This money could have been better spent subsidizing public transit, bus manufacturing, or other things that will have both an economic benefit as well as improve traffic.
We don’t need more cars. We need more transportation
What about a rebate for used EVs? Is that included? It doesn’t seem like it…
Nice, he has been advocating for this since his leadership campaign so I’m excited to see it finally taking shape!
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After what went down last time. I hope they’re watching TESLA like a hawk.
Are any special subsidies for Tesla going to be cancelled? That company only exists because of government subsides from various countries.
Most people I know, myself included, don’t want to buy a BEV because we are worried the batteries will fail before the rest of the car. How about a cap on how much a batter replacement can cost?
Not really a fan of EV rebates… people buying new EVs are already much wealthier than the average Canadian. I don’t understand why we should be subsidizing their new car purchases.
Key info from CityNews Toronto:
„The rebates will only apply to vehicles which cost less than $50,000 and are imported from a country with a free-trade agreement with Canada — meaning the Chinese EVs Ottawa is allowing into the country won’t be eligible for the rebates.
Canadian-made EVs, which right now include only the Dodge Charger and the Chrysler Pacifica, are exempt from the $50,000 cap.“
Article also reports the program starts in 2 weeks.
Now scrape the gun grab next. A buyer incentive to let us protect our country would also work well.
Ffs more of this nonsense
Is there any news on when the rebates actually start?
Stop giving tax dollars to billion dollar corporations. Subsidies only incentivises company’s keeping their high prices. Oh the government will pay the extra? Perfect. This helps wealthy Canadians and corporations. The average Canadian is left footing the bill
So we are back to subsidizing rich people buying EVs? Sounds about right for this country.
$5000 isn’t enough to get me to switch, given the higher cost of EVs relative to their counterparts. Especially if there are conditions that the vehicle needs to be under $50k to qualify — that disqualifies any vehicle I’d consider.
If they want people to switch to EV’s, if it’s about the environment, it shouldn’t matter how much the car costs, they should incentivize regardless of cost
I’m fine with a regular hybrid but I don’t want a plug in or fully EV.
Can we get rebates for e-bikes and other micromobility too? They would be much cheaper than EV rebates, and have proven very popular when trialled in Canada, like in BC where the pot of money they set aside for the trial was exhausted in hours.
The effects of the e-bike rebate were studied and it had great results in both reducing car usage and providing families with better mobility. If you’re going to be subsidizing the electrification of transport in Canada, this would be a huge bang for buck in comparison
This is the right way to incentivize people to make the purchase. Mandates just screw directly with the market and do more damage than anything.
Now, if only he would be as rational and reasonable with firearms legislation is he is with EVs.
Scrapping the old 100 per cent EV sales mandate and replacing it with tougher emissions standards feels like a big shift. they want to hit 75 per cent EV sales by 2035 instead, which seems more flexible for the auto industry.
So I’m guessing nothing for Tesla
Carney slowly getting rid of Trudeau policies (and MP’s). I’m liking what he’s doing.
Really disappointed that hybrids don’t count. They make more sense in crazy cold areas like the prairies and they are more expensive than gas counterparts.
Car has to be under 50k$ and made in Canada or in a « libre-échange » country… So not much car will be elligible
Can we fucking stop giving free money to people??
Looks like a pivot to make Canada more of an EV maker. Basically we’re in Seinfeld territory now with the US -> do the opposite.
I guess it makes sense. Sales mandates are hard to accomplish if theres no incentive. People are not going to feel forced to buy an EV just because a government says so. And more likely than not, if a government tries to penalize ppl for not swapping to EV, their more likely to be voted out than succeed with that kind of heavy handed policy.
That being said, I dont think this is the right direction for incentives to go in. 5K is nice, but I wouldn’t buy an EV. Unless it was substantially cheaper than an ICE car. Lets say I was thinking of getting a 40K ICE car, I would need a 25-30k EV to consider swapping. The main issue of EV’s for me is the accessibility of charging stations. I dont wanna have to wait an hour or two at a charging station to fill up. I want EV charging stations inside my condo’s garage. Charging stations in general, EV infrastructure in general, isn’t great when it still means I have to spend hours charging at some random charging station out there. I want it at home, since a gas station trip takes like 15 minutes and is much faster. How the condo bills for electricity usage is up to them. But that would do a lot more for me considering an EV than a few thousand dollars off the price tag.
Tacitly acknowledging that another Trudeau era policy was ill-conceived and an abject failure.
Just to toss my insights from a utilities perspective. We don’t have the infrastructure to support many more EV’s. We can’t just add more power to the grid when needed. It’s a calculation based on historical demands, also most of the equipment where I work is at life’s end. In summer time the grid is barely keeping up. At the current referb rate and cost it will take about 45 years to upgrade the infrastructure/ equipment to handle such demand and there is no govt entity who’s gonna help with that.
Thank you, I hated everything about the mandate. As a Canadian logger it would just not work for us currently, unless the tech changed rapidly
„Introduce tougher emission standards for car model years 2027-32. The goal is to make EVs 75 per cent of sales by 2035 and 90 per cent by 2040.“
The consumer continues to pay the price for these emission standards. Recalls galore on high efficiency turbocharged engines from main bearing failure to intake carbonization. Thinner, boxed steel frames in body-on-frame vehicles that cannot cope with the excessive salt use in winter.
EV sales should be organic without the enshittification of existing vehicles. I have a 20 year car that will die from salt exposure before mechanical failure – yet it’s replacement may not last 60 000km before needing an new engine.
Efficiency has its own cost. Price or reliability. Seems like we are paying for both at the moment.
stop spending money. just lower taxes.
i hate our nation’s slave mentality. spend me fruits of me labour for me master. you are so much smarter than me.
But this doesn’t address the whole problem with ev’s today… replacing the batteries cost as much or more then the car. If only they would release the nuclear diamond battery to have 1 battery for the life of the car and only 1 charge. But that would end the tyranny over power resources.
He’s laying the ground work for BYD when they hit the market. Now we need to build and install charging stations everywhere we can in preparation for that!
Aren’t these subsidies just handouts to car manufacturers? They don’t have to lower their car prices to be competitive with other cars or to be in people prices range, they can just market their cars at [what the average people can afford] + the EV incentive.