"Investing $96.4M to support the establishment of a coast-to-coast charging network for electric vehicles, natural gas stations along key freight corridors and stations for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in metropolitan centres, $76.1M to support the demonstration of next-generation charging technologies as well as $10M for the development of binational (Canada and the United States) codes and standards for low-carbon vehicles and infrastructure."
"The Government of Canada has set ambitious federal targets for zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) reaching 10% of light-duty vehicles (LDV) sales per year by 2025, 30% by 2030 and 100% by 2040." IEA/IRENA Global Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database © OECD/IEA and IRENA, [November 2020]
The target of 100% ZEV was updated in June 2021, moving from 2040 to 2035 ( https://www.canada.ca/en/transport-canada/news/2021/06/building-a-green-economy-government-of-canada-to-require-100-of-car-and-passenger-truck-sales-be-zero-emission-by-2035-in-canada.html)
- 1Name: Vehicle fuel consumption (km/l)Value: 25.4Base year: -Target year: 2030Comments: Vehicle fuel consumption (km/l), Vehicle fuel consumption (MJ/pkm)