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Canada crosses critical threshold in ZEV adoption

By Blair Qualey
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More than 110,000 zero emission vehicles are registered in B.C., most purchased with the benefit of the Clean BC Go Electric Passenger Vehicle Rebate Program, which the NCDA delivers in collaboration with the Province of British Columbia and funded by BC Hydro.

By Blair Qualey

According to a recent Bloomberg Green analysis of zero emission vehicle adoption, 23 counties – including Canada – have now passed what’s become a critical tipping point: five per cent of new vehicles sold are powered by electricity. It’s important because it signals the start of mass adoption when technological preferences rapidly flip.

The newcomers – Canada, Australia, Spain, Thailand and Hungary – join a cohort that also includes the US, China and most of Western Europe.

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