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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, Insightful) by mcgrew on Tuesday August 26, @07:28PM (2 children)

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Tuesday August 26, @07:28PM (#1415032) Homepage Journal

    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.

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

    by turgid (4318) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 26, @09:09PM (#1415047) Journal

    If we could extend their lifespans to a couple of hundred years, we'd soon see their attitudes change.

    • (Score: 4, Touché) by mcgrew on Tuesday August 26, @09:34PM

      by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Tuesday August 26, @09:34PM (#1415059) Homepage Journal

      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!

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