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Canadian EV Sales Collapse by 35% as Gas Car Purchases Surge

posted by jelizondo on Tuesday August 26, @02:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the moar-power-eh dept.

fliptop writes:

While Canadians flocked to purchase gas-powered vehicles over the summer, electric vehicle sales continued to nosedive, according to new data from Statistics Canada:

Electric vehicle sales dropped 35.2 per cent in June compared to last year. Zero-emission vehicles comprised only 7.9 per cent of total new motor vehicles sold that month, with 14,090 entering the market.

Meanwhile, 177,313 new motor vehicles were sold in Canada in June, up 6.2 per cent from June 2024.

"In dollar terms, sales increased 3.1 per cent during the same period. In June 2025, there were more new motor vehicles sold in every province compared with the same period in 2024," reads the Statistics Canada data.

"Sales of new passenger cars increased 19.5 per cent in June 2025, marking the first gain in this subsector since November 2024. In June 2025, sales of new trucks (+4.3 per cent) were also higher than one year earlier."

Despite dwindling sales, the Carney government remains committed to its electric vehicle mandate of having 60 per cent of all vehicles sold be ZEVs by 2030 and 100 per cent by 2035, banning all motor vehicle sales.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by VLM on Tuesday August 26, @06:39PM (10 children)

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 26, @06:39PM (#1415010)

    except we all know why canada's not buying evs right now.

    Slow economic collapse due to population-replacement-level immigration? Life is pretty rough up there right now. A population under siege by its own government.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 26, @06:46PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 26, @06:46PM (#1415012)

    Slow economic collapse due to population-replacement-level immigration?

    that's just desperate. why not blame dei while you're at it?

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by ichthus on Tuesday August 26, @06:56PM (3 children)

      by ichthus (4621) on Tuesday August 26, @06:56PM (#1415019)

      *knock, knock* Hello. He IS blaming DEI, and he's not wrong.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 26, @06:59PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 26, @06:59PM (#1415022)
        i didn't realize dei was the reason the us's tariff policies shocked canada's economy.

        • (Score: 2, Insightful) by ichthus on Tuesday August 26, @09:08PM (1 child)

          by ichthus (4621) on Tuesday August 26, @09:08PM (#1415046)

          No. DEI is responsible for exactly what the OP's comment said: "Slow economic collapse due to population-replacement-level immigration"

          Reading comprehension, lad.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 26, @09:19PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 26, @09:19PM (#1415052)
            i didnt say he didn't say that, lad, i said he misdiganosed the problem. work on your own reading comprehension.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by mcgrew on Tuesday August 26, @07:03PM (2 children)

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Tuesday August 26, @07:03PM (#1415023) Homepage Journal

    I'd say Canada is under siege by MY government, not their own, like every other country. American business people and consumers aren't the only ones hurting from King Donnie's illegal import taxes.

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    • (Score: 3, Informative) by Tork on Tuesday August 26, @07:50PM (1 child)

      by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 26, @07:50PM (#1415033) Journal

      I'd say Canada is under siege by MY government, not their own, like every other country. American business people and consumers aren't the only ones hurting from King Donnie's illegal import taxes.

      This is not 'troll'. Canada is boycotting the USA right now and, likely, hunkering down for the next 3 years. The CEO of one of those EV manufacturers not selling well up north said that Canada is 'not a real country' and sparked a petition to revoke his citizenship there. Mcgrew's comment is legit.

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      • (Score: 2, Insightful) by mcgrew on Tuesday August 26, @09:25PM

        by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Tuesday August 26, @09:25PM (#1415055) Homepage Journal

        My point exactly. It all started with a convicted criminal president who wants to steal Canada like Hitler stole Poland.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by FuzzyTheBear on Tuesday August 26, @11:42PM (1 child)

    by FuzzyTheBear (974) on Tuesday August 26, @11:42PM (#1415071)

    I suggest you com4e visit us and stay for a while. You sound like an uninformed MAGA moron.