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Reporting on key policy issues regarding Canadian federal, provincial, and municipal governments toward the adoption of electric and autonomous transport and new mobility services.

Various brands of electric vehicles parked at a busy charging station lot.

Canada improving on EV-readiness: report

Canada moves up four spots to rank within the top 10 nations in EY’s annual EV Readiness Index report

Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure, Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Rebates Incentives & Funding, Research Reports

Mehanaz Yakub
September 12, 2023
6 minute read

Flag of Quebec on the car's fuel tank filler flap

Quebec to spend another $514 million on 116,700 public chargers, EV-ready MURBs

The Quebec Strategy on Electric Vehicle Charging investment will add 6,700 fast chargers and 110,000 Level 2 chargers as well as 600,000 EV-ready parking spots in MURBs — all by 2030

Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure, Electric Vehicle Policies Canada, Public EV Charging, Quebec

Emma Jarratt
September 8, 2023
2 minute read

Zero-emission vehicles hit 10.5 per cent market share in Canada in Q2, an all-time high

Substantial growth in overall unit volume was the quarter’s other big story, with battery electric vehicle registrations up 46.3 per cent

British Columbia B.C., Canadian Electric Vehicle Sales Data, Electric Vehicle Policies Canada, Electric Vehicles Canada, Ontario, Quebec

Brian Banks
August 25, 2023
3 minute read

Powerful heavy white truck with a tank rides on the road, aerial front view

Green Freight Program’s clean fuel RFP now open to fleets from Class 2B to Class 8

Stream 2 of the federal Green Freight Program is now accepting applications for projects that include engine “repowers” and switching to cleaner fuels

alternative fuels, Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Rebates Incentives & Funding, Heavy Duty EVs, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

Mehanaz Yakub
August 21, 2023
4 minute read

High voltage tower agaist sunset sky background

Draft Clean Energy Regulations set out federal government’s vision for a net-zero grid

A 75-day consultation period, ending Nov. 2, will help inform the final drafting of the regulations, which are expected to be released in 2024

Utilities & Electric Vehicles

Mehanaz Yakub
August 16, 2023
6 minute read

Class 8 hydrogen truck demo lets Alberta carriers conduct real-world test drives

The two-year program, designed to offer Alberta Motor Transportation Association members a choice of three trucks, has drawn strong interest

Alberta, Edmonton, Heavy Duty EVs, Hydra Energy, Hydrogen & Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Hyzon, Long-haul trucks, Nikola

Jasmin Legatos
August 16, 2023
4 minute read

Manitoba releases Critical Minerals Strategy, eyes key supply chain role

Manitoba wants to become a global destination for critical battery mineral mining and refining. Now it’s working on a roadmap to get there

EV Battery Supply Chain, Manitoba, Mining Resources for EVs

Carolyn Gruske
August 9, 2023
5 minute read

Aerial view of Rio Tinto mine at Lac Tio

Critical minerals processing, manufacture, recycling to be focus of $1.5 billion in federal innovation funding

Last fall, the government said it would use $1.5 billion from the Strategic Innovation Fund to accelerate investments in critical minerals projects. Last week, it unveiled its criteria for eligibility

critical minerals, Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Supply Chain, Mining Resources for EVs

Mehanaz Yakub
July 19, 2023
3 minute read

Ontario-Ottawa “auto pact” marks a new EV supply chain investment strategy

Though forged in the fires of a deal gone sideways, the new “auto pact” between the federal and Ontario governments is about more than just saving the Stellantis and Volkswagen battery factories

Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Rebates Incentives & Funding, Ontario

Emma Jarratt
July 12, 2023
5 minute read

How Saskatchewan is on the cusp of becoming a rare earth processing hub

Exclusive: Mike Crabtree, CEO of the Saskatchewan Research Council, outlines the commercial and research potential linked to the planned completion of the SRC’s Rare Earth Processing Facility in 2024

Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Supply Chain, rare earth, Saskatchewan

Cooper Langford
July 10, 2023
7 minute read