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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.
Previously:
- Automobile Sales, Including EVs and Hybrids, Surge in 2024
- Mazda: Americans Want Cheap Gas Cars
- The EV Graveyard
- South Korean EV Battery Makers Reporting Big Losses as EV Demand Slows
(Score: 5, Informative) by DannyB on Tuesday August 26, @06:47PM (4 children)
At a family reunion a few years ago, I learned from a relative who works for one of the big oil companies that:
There simply will come a point where most people can not afford fossil fuels.
They were formed millions of years ago. We've extracted a lot, and continue to do so. What we've used is not coming back.
Conclusion: fossil fuels are going to eventually be too expensive for most people. Not this decade. Probably not next decade. However it is simply an inevitability. There's not an infinite supply of it. That is a simple fact.
Of course, some people don't believe in simple facts.
Also related but inconvenient, burning all that fossil fuel has changed the composition of the atmosphere. We keep getting more extreme weather, as someone once inconveniently predicted, yet people simply stick their fingers in their ears.
Q. How much did Santa's sled cost?
A. Nothing. It was on the house.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by mcgrew on Tuesday August 26, @07:28PM (2 children)
Why should they care? They don't give a rat's ass about the future, only their own wealth. The oil will outlast everyone alive today. Using it like we do may cause the underground oil to outlast civilization. The changing climate should by now be obvious to even the most stupid moron on the continent.
No one born who could always afford anything he wanted can have a clue what "affordability" means.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Tuesday August 26, @09:09PM (1 child)
If we could extend their lifespans to a couple of hundred years, we'd soon see their attitudes change.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 4, Touché) by mcgrew on Tuesday August 26, @09:34PM
Shortening them would be faster and might even save civilization! They would probably rather die than see their industry die, anyway. More humane than forcing a long life on 'em. Being old ain't for wimps!
No one born who could always afford anything he wanted can have a clue what "affordability" means.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Tuesday August 26, @09:06PM
Read all about it [exeterclimateforum.com].
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].