Electric-vehicle companies urge Ottawa to maintain EV sales mandate

Carney faces pressure from all sides on EV mandate as sales plummet

Canada's EV industry wants Ottawa to stay the course on sales requirements, but carmakers want the mandate scrapped.

Open Letter Sent To Prime Minister Carney Urging Continued Support For Canadian EV Ecosystem, Signed By 40 Industry Representatives - Manufacturing AUTOMATION

Oct. 15, 2025, Canada — A group of executives from businesses operating in Canada’s electric vehicle (EV) industry have written an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, urging him to stay the course on Canada’s EV future. The letter follows a September announcement from the federal government delaying plans to impose minimum sales requirements on car companies for 2026 model-year EVs and launching a 60-day reassessment of the current EV man…

Electric-vehicle companies urge Ottawa to maintain EV sales mandate

Ottawa announced in September it was dropping the requirement that 20 per cent of car sales be EVs in 2026

Executives pen open letter urging to maintain EV sales mandate

The letter warns that retreating from EV sales targets risks undermining over 130,000 Canadian jobs and billions in investments