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[-] Yaztromo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I truly hope Prime Minister Carney doesn’t drop the mandate.

There are two very important parts of the enabling legislation that too many people just don’t seem to know, and it’s skewing the online discussions everywhere:

  1. PHEV’s are still going to be allowed after 2035. So if you are so enamoured with giving your hard earned money to the oil and gas companies you’ll still be able to do so for decades to come;
  2. The mandate doesn’t affect used vehicles at all;
  3. Companies that miss the legislated targets can instead get credits by building out EVSE (charging) infrastructure. So for all those online pundits who think we should drop the mandate because we don’t have enough charging infrastructure, we get that infrastructure by keeping the mandates, and it gets paid for by the companies selling too many gas powered cars (and not taxpayers).

PM Carney needs to tell the automotive executives who say they can’t sell enough EVs/PHEVs to start building out infrastructure. It may be worthwhile to re-balance some of the timelines and how much the infrastructure credits are worth, but dumping them entirely is bad for Canada as a whole.

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 days ago

Fuck the US. Time to cut ties with that ageing dinosaur.

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago

It's time for Canada to bring back local industries and do trade with others!

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Lowering tariffs on Chinese EV would be a quick jumpstart. Get BYD to build an assembly plant here and kickstart EV materials production.

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

Personally I'm interested in the bev models from Project Arrow, Hyundai, Honda, VW, and Toyota.

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I wouldn’t bet on Toyota.

“Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda doubled down on his belief that hybrids, not EVs, are the smarter and more sustainable option in many parts of the world.”

https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/toyota-makes-startling-comments-about-evs/news-story/f11171c705ca479f2a3601e95a7a2537

If Project Arrow could get off the ground, it would be fantastic.

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

I love Project Arrow but god is that prototype ugly.

[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

But is it more or less ugly than the Pontiac Aztek?

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