Environment committee  I would agree with Mr. Allan. We are certainly making progress. Range anxiety is perhaps over-exaggerated, given that the majority of Canadians are going to be charging at home overnight. That said, we still have low levels. As of 2019 we have 290 charging stations per one millio

Environment committee  I too want to close with talking about the economic opportunity. Electric vehicles save Canadians money. On average, they'll save about $2,000 per year because electric vehicles cost less to fuel and maintain than internal combustion engine vehicles. Economy-wide, zero-emissio

Environment committee  This is the direction the world is going in. Let's prepare our auto sector to capture that economic benefit.

Environment committee  Absolutely. The existing zero-emission vehicle standards that are out there, in B.C. and Quebec, for instance, are designed to be flexible. Carmakers can choose to sell a smaller number of higher range electric vehicles to get a higher number of credits. They could choose to sel

Environment committee  Thanks, Ms. Collins. In terms of demand, it's hard to isolate whether we're creating demand or forcing demand, but from the surveys and polls we have seen, it's very clear that Canadians want to drive electric vehicles. A survey by Toyota last year found that 52% Canadians think

Environment committee  I think automakers choose a variety of compliance pathways. That could be one. Another is purchasing credits from other automakers. Each automaker chooses what works best for its business model. I would just like to add, very quickly, that the investment firm UBS announced last

Environment committee  If we look at the two provinces that have ZEV standards in Canada, we see they are home to 76% of all electric vehicles available for sale. That is a huge difference and, proportionate to the population in those provinces, a much greater supply than should be there. If we look at

Environment committee  China has its own version of a zero-emission vehicle standard. Obviously, China dominates in terms of EVs. It's attracted 50% of global EV investment, and it accounts for 50% of EV sales.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  What sort of research?

Environment committee  I see. Yes. So—

Environment committee  Absolutely. Anything that can help bring down the cost of an electric vehicle is going to help, but there's been a lot of investment in R and D, and now it's just ready to bring those existing EV models to Canada.

Environment committee  Another option that we can take is to modify the current federal rebate program, the iZEV program, and introduce a means test or scale to income such that low- and middle-income Canadians can access a larger incentive to go towards the vehicle. Various jurisdictions have taken th

Environment committee  Clean Energy's response is, unfortunately, no. Clean Energy Canada does not have that data to share.

Environment committee  Yes. Certainly, the steps that provincial governments have taken have been very effective. We support continued action at the provincial level, but at this point, we have an uneven electric vehicle market in Canada and there needs to be some action at the federal level to help ad