It seems gas guzzler are running out of road with the federal government unveiling its plan to put the brakes on gas-powered vehicle sales over the next 12 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have set ambitious targets to reduce our emissions by at least 40 percent by at least 2030 and a large part of this mission is to put more electric vehicles on the road,\u201d said Filomena Tassi, minister responsible for the federal economic development agency for southern Ontario<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new mandate means 20 per cent of all vehicle sales in the country must be electric by 2026, 60 per cent by 2030 and 100 per cent by 2035<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big challenge,\u201d said Political Science Professor at the University of Windsor, Lydia Miljan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said the government can make mandates, but that doesn\u2019t equal immediate buy in from the public<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat we saw this year is they can put a lot on the market but it\u2019s not that Canadians are actually going to purchase those vehicles,\u201d she added<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association President Flavio Volpe takes it one step further and said, \u201cIt\u2019s not reality based.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He told AM00\u2019s The Shift, these targets aren\u2019t possible<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c100 per cent is impossible. For lots of reasons. Take it from me, who loves the industry. I love what we\u2019re doing from a technology point of view in converting to evs. We have to have a more holistic approach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The electric vehicle society doesn’t hold that same view, \u201cI think we’re on track to even exceed those targets for 2026 and then the 2030, 2035 targets will just fall in line from there,” said Devin Arthur, director of government relations, ev society. “I think we’re on track to even exceed those targets for 2026 and then the 2030, 2035 targets will just fall in line from there.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The announcement was applauded by environmental groups but industry skepticism remains where rubber hits the road<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charging those vehicles still poses problems with the current infrastructure<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volpe questioned how someone who lives in an upper-floor condo but parks on the street would charge their car<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Miljan ponders a political consideration, \u201cI think what this really ties into is the next election. I think it’s going to be an election about climate change.” <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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