The Canadian federal government has outlined a plan to ban the sale of new fuel-powered cars, trucks and SUVs by 2035 – five years earlier than the deadline it previously set for outlawing combustion engine vehicle sales.
Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said banning the sale of fuel-powered vehicles by 2035 is a necessary step if the country hopes to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century. In a statement, the Canadian government said it would “pursue a combination of investments and regulations to help Canadians and industry transition to achieve the 100 percent zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035,” which will compound with the existing federal EV purchase incentives already available to residents.
“Through measures aimed at accelerating the transition to 100 percent zero-emission vehicles sales, we will continue building a cleaner and more resilient economy, while also creating good jobs and opportunities for all Canadians,” Alghabra said. “We will also continue to support the automotive sector, including through our investment of $8 billion to accelerate the industrial transition thanks to the Net Zero Accelerator.”
A report published by the University of California Berkely in April found it is “technically and economically feasible for all new car and truck sales to be electric by 2035, saving lives, cutting transportation costs, and creating millions of jobs.” The report, dubbed the 2035 Report 2.0, used models to calculate the total cost of ownership for gasoline and electric vehicles and found that electric trucks are already cheaper to own than diesel versions on a total cost-per-mile basis. It also found that electric passenger cars will be cheaper than their gasoline equivalents within the next five years.
With this plan, Canada is following in the footsteps of other eco-conscious nations like the United Kingdom, which plans to ban the sale of new fuel-powered vehicles by as early as 2030. Norway, where EVs already account for 60 percent of the market share, is taking it a step further and plans to ban the sale of fuel-powered cars by 2025. Some U.S. states have also moved to ban fuel-powered car sales within the 2035 timeframe, including Massachusetts and California.
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another example of disruptive public policy … not disruptive technology.
I guess they haven’t seen the study of the “earth rape” required to accomplish full electrification in just the UK. Tell all the young people you know to invest in horses and bicycles. If concern for the planet is the true motivation (which I doubt), by 2050 those will be the only legitimate options for ground transportation.
2035 is a long way away. The country’s government can modify the date again if they have to.
GM Authority shouldn’t be publishing PROPAGANDA like this. Does anyone expect ANY country to completely redo their infrastructure for electric cars? 14 years isn’t enough time unless you have a mass depopulation effort…
People who bought regular cars in 2034 will continue to use gas stations and the used car market will still be functioning. That means a slow transition for the next 15 years beyond the cutoff date.
Truth be told, if EVs are ever to work, I expect them to catch on much sooner than 2035. In all likelihood, these governments are making the same prediction.
☝️ Spot on. The backlash will be insane, cause last I saw the cold expansive white north is just clamoring for a power source that looses half its range and won’t recharge for half the year.
Study shows 40% of EV buyers are having buyers remorse in sunny California. How will that work up there?????
That’s right.
Can you cite your sources for that claim you’ve made?
Commie see commie do…….
You have no idea what Communism is. Spend some time in Stalin’s Russia, or any East Bloc state at the time and you would know what it is. Just because a Government has a direction, or helps out the most impoverished citizen is not being a Communist. Smarten up.
One of the five tenets of Communism is strong central planning. In this case it is dictating what people will buy and when absent of choice. BTW, there is no government, including the Canadian one, that gives a rats behind about its people. Today it is all about virtue signalling and being politically correct in the hopes of gathering votes from the fringe elements of society.
Yep, remember those 5 year plans that never seemed to actually succeed & help the people.
Well this is just politicians grand standing as the Auto industry will be sending mostly all electric to them anyways. This law means little and they will try to take credit for the change.
The Automakers have already made their choices and it is the EV because they feel they will make more money from them vs the ICE models that just get more and more costly. We just crested $41,000 as an average price.
I am not a fan of this but I am not going to lie about what is happening and why. I am afraid no matter who we elect the wheels are in motion and ICE has started its way to being phased out over the next 30 years in most places.
Next the the government will be after your fuel for your race car, weed eater and collector car. They have boosted the ethanol in England to where it can damage older fuel systems.
Now they are after my steaks now too. They want us to graze like cattle with a bunch of grain based products. Also if you have a remote thermostat. They can control that too. If you are cool enjoy it as they will take that from you too.
EV cars are the least of your worries.
Disagree entirely. All the current EV’s are cars and small SUV’s. We have yet to have a large eletric vehicle sold, and EV’s still average many times more than ICE vehicles. Average cost of ICE is due solely to large vehicles and trucks, and fords new F150 EV costing 39K won’t help when it has less performance then the Silverado WT 1500…. a truck that fleets can command a purchase price of 20K and individuals could negotiate to 25K. The average price of EV trucks and true size SUV’s will be AVERAGING 80-100K…… OK, let’s say that we develop new magical super solid state batteries, you still have the range gap, and if you leave the range abysmal to cut price, it won’t be by half, as you still have to build the eletric motor from copper and the transmissions and drive train…..all 3 of them in many cases.
Further, most newer ICE engines are getting cheaper to build with new the addition of more plastic components, lost foam casting and better emissions control in many cases allowing the removal of the EGR valves, 4 and 3 cylinder turbos and future designs not needing throttle bodies, camshafts or even catalytic converters. Please give me specifics how EV’s are cheaper! It’s not less parts as all those cells need put together in batteries, and like engines, which are mostly made by robots, there will be parts that need made by hand like the cooling line and inspections
considering canada exports some of the dirtiest oil in the world, this is more talking out of both sides of your mouth.
The difference is Canada does not eliminate it’s political opponents, like Saudi Arabia, in a vat of acid. Your choice, Arab oil from oppressive nations, or ethically produced oil which is not as radically dirty as you think.
if you want to veer off on a human rights tangent, start reading the headlines in your canadian newspaper.
Those headlines are from tragedies of the past, not a country out there does not have a bloody history, as for your first comment I have worked in the industry, what the media won’t tell you is Canada has some of the strictest environmental laws on the planet when it comes to resource development. Again I am assuming you are referring to the oil sands, what the media does not show you is what the reclaimed land looks like after it has been mined and is reclaimed back often in better condition then it started. Yes it looks “dirty” while they mine it but the stuff literally seeps out of the ground naturally. Also how come nobody talks about the massive environmental impact of mining “green” fuel sources such as lithium and cobalt!! There is a huge footprint left behind by these mines, again in countries that that have no actual concern for the environment.
Prior to Covid-19 I took a yearly fishing trip to Northwest Ontario. We carry diesel fuel with us because of the lack of fuel stations. Its hard to imagine the infrastructure would be in place by then in some of of these remote places to support electric vehicles.
They can use solar energy which is free and almost for 24 hours in summer such as now.
A report published by the University of California Berkely in April found it is “technically and economically feasible for all new car and truck sales to be electric by 2035, saving lives, cutting transportation costs, and creating millions of jobs.”
Of course UC Berkley is a totally unbiased source of information regarding transportation issues. What is this part about saving lives? Don’t these airheads know a lead sled EV weighs about 1 1/2 as much as a comparable ICE vehicle?
Just wait you will be a racist if you drive ICE in the next report.
I predicted this years ago!
no comment about crappy truck interiors?
Needed time to gloat.
He also occasionally mentions having predicted things.
With many areas calling for customers to cut back on electricity because of heat wave, great time to discuss EVs. Read article about a Company looking to do deep mining in oceans for precious metals that is causing concern about pollution. But you can’t have pipelines.
I am rather glad that there is very little chance I will be around in 2035. It looks like total disaster coming. I’ll never buy an EV.
what can’t happen won’t happen. here is why banning new fuel powered cars by 2035 is ill thought out policy and fantasy: Key facts: Converting all US autos to EVs will require roughly:
18x world’s current cobalt production,
9x neodymium,
7x lithium, &
4x world copper production.
The only rational explanation is that a special gov’t permit will be needed for commercial vehicles, and private auto ownership will be made illegal. This is deliberate to restrict freedom of movement to cut emissions.
Let’s see it for what it really is. It’s nothing more than an effort by some group to make money and gain power. Who I don’t know but it’s nothing more and nothing less.
Having just driven the Alcan Highway last week, I can tell you that Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon will be less than thrilled with this proposal.
Why the need for regulation? If EVs are so good then market will sort itself out. I can’t see market share going from <1% to 100% in 14 years. Unless you drastically shrink the market.
i am from canada, we arent even close to having the grid to handle this! right now in british columbia 500 people have died this week to to the 117.5 f weather. the grid cant handle the air conditioning,how then can we have electric cars