Umfrage: Die große Mehrheit der Kanadier bevorzugt mehr offene Automarkte mit besserem Zugang zu erschwinglichen chinesischen und europäischen EVs – Clean Energy Canada
Umfrage: Die große Mehrheit der Kanadier bevorzugt mehr offene Automarkte mit besserem Zugang zu erschwinglichen chinesischen und europäischen EVs – Clean Energy Canada
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The most hilarious part is no Canadian party from freemarket tories to, NDP Green New Dealers or even the Green Party who has traditionally opposed green tech tariffs came out in the campaign offering to sell Canadians a 17K EV.
It may be a popular policy but it is not one available to own on the Canadian political market at the moment.
Really disappointed with the Greens on this one, they stumbled into a good policy and then jettisoned it in their platform a week or so before election day.
The American car market is atrocious. Everything is too big, SUVs instead of wagons, the trucks aren’t even practical. I would love more of the options that the European and Asian markets have.
Give me a small cab over truck, with a true flatbed with no wheel wells in the way, and sides that fold down.
“Finally, 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. Interest, however, 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%).”
It’s interesting that this has gone down since 2022, while I personally would never own an electric vehicle I can definitely see the upside for a lot of people and I feel like just anecdotally they’re more popular and mainstream now
An EV has 20-25 moving parts in the drive train…..an ICE vehicle has 200-2000. EVs are revolutionary for using electricity and batteries, but the way they’re constructed is also revolutionary. Hence….Canada should be building out automated EV factories, prices of EVs will plummet —— just as battery prices are plummeting.
It’s pretty frustrating how much clout the auto industry has in our politics. This is Trump (even Biden) holding us hostage by threatening to tariff us and threaten our auto jobs that prevent us from having much better and cheaper cars. The vast majority of Canadians would be just fine with modern EV’s even as their primary vehicle. Sure, a handful of people in very rural areas with very long drives and no charging infrastructure might not, but most Canadians are suburban commuters living in and around our major cities.
If they would cost less than the $45k+ that they currently cost, it would basically put gas cars out of consideration for most. The biggest line items for Canadian households are housing and transportation, reducing transportation costs are one of the best things a government can do for cost of living.
This is a prime way to take some of the edge off western alienation, but unfortunately it’s never going to happen.
Right now, agricultural producers on the Prairies are paying the price to protect a domestic auto industry that has been comprehensively beaten on innovation, efficiency and quality by other markets.
We don’t get the cheap EVs, we don’t get the jobs, and our industries get debilitating retaliatory tariffs. All so Stellantis can keep churning out 10′ tall, unreliable and inefficient Silverados in Ontario.