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Environment minister says consumer rebates for EVs will return

PHILIPPINES, JUN 17 – DSWD plans to grow its electric vehicle fleet for persons with disabilities after a pilot of 20 vehicles and a viral incident highlighted the need for safer, accessible transport options.

  • Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin announced on June 17, 2025, the federal government will reinstate a consumer rebate program for electric vehicles in Ottawa.
  • This follows the pause of the 2019-launched Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles program earlier this year, which ran out of funding amid a federal EV mandate.
  • The government plans to introduce a new incentives program covering a wider range of EV categories and participants, aiming to make electric vehicles more affordable.
  • Zero-Emission vehicles made up 8.11% of new vehicle sales in Canada during the first quarter of 2025, declining from 16.5% in the last three months of 2024, according to Statistics Canada.
  • The revived rebate program and mandated zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035 suggest continued federal commitment to EV adoption despite political opposition and sales fluctuations.
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Canadian government may bring back EV rebates

Zero-emission vehicle sales targets, which begin in 2026, aren’t going away, Ottawa says.

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New EV rebate program in the works, environment minister says

Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin says the federal government will bring back a popular consumer rebate program to help make electric vehicles more affordable.

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