It's been a remarkable time for EVs, even in the fact that we're seeing such enthusiasm south of the border for this now. I think just a couple of weeks ago we saw President Biden in Detroit rolling off a Ford F-150 Lightning. If a pickup like the F-150, which is without a doubt the most popular vehicle in my province, goes electric and the consumer buys into it, that's a real turning point. GM is saying that they would stop internal combustion engines after 2035. This is remarkable.
Canadians want those greener options, so we're trying to give it to them. We have an ambitious goal of 100% of light-duty vehicle sales, zero emissions, in Canada by 2040. We are building, as you said, coast-to-coast networks of zero-emission vehicle chargers so that Canadians no longer have to worry about range anxiety, which is a big one for a lot of people, or the accessibility of charging infrastructure. We're making the switch to electric and zero-emission vehicles easier where we can. We're installing those chargers where Canadians work, where they live and where they play. Our investments have been working.
At NRCan we offer two funding streams. Both see heavy uptake during the call for proposals. We have the electric vehicle and alternative fuel infrastructure deployment initiative. It has resulted in 1,087 chargers funded, nearly half of which are currently open. We have the zero-emission vehicle infrastructure program. That has also been hugely successful, running three calls for funding each year, yielding proposals for thousands of chargers. In 2019 we had one call for proposals alone that yielded 52 projects to install 1,866 level two and 351 fast chargers. For our 2020 calls for proposals, we received nearly 100 project proposals for a potential 10,000 charging stations.
It's through programs like these, installing charging infrastructure and incentives to make EVs more affordable, that you get to net zero by 2050. It is very popular with Canadians, but you have to meet them halfway, and that's what we're attempting to do here. You can't have people with range anxiety. Ultimately, I think a lot of people will find that charging their car at home or at the office will be just as easy as charging their phone, which we do habitually, and will save money. This will only work if people feel they're saving money and in fact are saving money.