Canada’s EV Policy Shift Is About Credits, Not Mandates - CleanTechnica

Canada’s EV Policy Shift Is About Credits, Not Mandates - CleanTechnica

Canada’s EV transition is being driven by emissions math, credit trading, and trade policy, not mandates, with major implications for legacy automakers.

Canada’s EV Policy Shift Is About Credits, Not Mandates

Canada has quietly shifted into a new phase of EV focused industrial policy, not by announcing a dramatic ban or a sweeping mandate, but by changing the arithmetic that governs the automotive market. The federal government has moved away from explicit EV sales quotas and toward steadily tightening fleet average ... [continued] The post Canada's EV Policy Shift Is About Credits, Not Mandates appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Canada scraps EV sales mandate in latest retreat from climate policy

Canada’s decision to scrap its EV sales mandate signals a political recalibration as governments confront the growing gap between climate ambition, industrial capacity, and consumer demand. Canada has formally abandoned its national electric vehicle sales mandate, becoming the latest advanced economy to pull back from prescriptive climate targets amid mounting pressure from industry, trade disruptions, […] The post Canada scraps EV sales mandate…