Ottawa’s proposed zero-emission vehicle mandate threatens to eliminate all the positive momentum the federal government has built up on the automotive file over the past several years in “one clean swoop,” according to Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
The federal government proposed its ZEV legislation at the end of 2022 and is currently midway through a 75-day consultation period. As drafted, it would require ZEVs to make up 60 per cent of new-vehicle sales in Canada by 2030 and 100 per cent of sales by 2035.
Ford said the government’s role should be reserved to clearing the way for new ZEV technology with regulations and offering incentives for manufacturers to produce clean-running vehicles. At the same time, the province has repeatedly rebuffed calls to implement a ZEV incentive for consumers to complement the $5,000 rebate offered by Ottawa. This is despite a growing number of provinces, led by Quebec and British Columbia, offering additional purchase incentives of up to $7,000 for ZEV buyers.Critics point to the lack of incentives as one of the key reasons Ontario is lagging the leaders on ZEV adoption.
But as Ottawa fine-tunes legislation that will enact a ZEV mandate nationwide, the premier of Canada’s most populous province is not alone in pushing back. Hutchinson said Toyota is committed to eliminating carbon emissions across its fleet, but “complex problems, do not lend themselves to simple solutions.”
“If customer psychological barriers are not urgently addressed — affordability, range anxiety [and] charging infrastructure — mass adoption will not be possible,” he said at the inaugural EV Innovation & Technology conference in Toronto.
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