Environment committee  That's correct. The European figure is one public port for every 10 EVs on the road. In Canada, the recent study says that we need 43 EVs per port.

Environment committee  Affordability is the number one impediment. Survey after survey, from both industry and government, confirms that's the biggest barrier. Recent data that we've just had a look at, from J.D. Power, which looks at transaction price, shows that there is a gap of $20,000 in the most

Environment committee  Number one is affordability and price. Number two is charging. Those are the two big barriers that consistently come up.

Environment committee  Sure. Thank you. The most important thing for the Canadian economy and the auto supply chain is our integration with the United States. That's really what's underpinned so many of the investments that have been made here. Over 90% of the vehicles that we build end up in the Unit

Environment committee  Thank you. The most significant component of the IRA, as it relates to auto manufacturing—particularly zero-emissions vehicle manufacturing—is what's called the “advanced manufacturing production credit” in section 45X of the IRA. What it does is provide a refundable credit of $

Environment committee  No. Budget 2021 introduced a zero-emissions manufacturing tax credit, but it's very narrow. The timelines are narrow, it's not refundable, and the calculation of eligible income is very precise, so it's not comparable. It had potential and got a lot of attention when it was annou

Environment committee  If we don't match what the U.S. has done, I think it's safe to conclude that it's highly unlikely we will see significant battery investments made in Canada going forward.

Environment committee  There are differing estimates for what is required in terms of public charging infrastructure. Our assessment is based on what leading jurisdictions in the world are doing and what ratio they're using. Typically, the ratio that's determined is, how many EVs on the road per public

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. Thank you for the invitation to be here today as part of your study on clean technologies in Canada. The Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, CVMA, is the industry association that represents Canada's leading manufacturers of

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. There are couple of things to note. First of all, when you look at the overall fleet, you see that only 0.2% of all vehicles are electric. Sales last year were 5.6%, so yes, we are seeing an increased interest because of all of the new vehicles that a

Transport committee  We are currently in a temporary interim supply challenge driven by global forces that are not in Canada's control—namely, a semiconductor shortage. Regulating sales in an environment where we have not achieved pre-COVID production levels will not resolve inventory issues. That

Transport committee  We've asked for a couple of things. First of all, we'd like the federal government to have a stronger coordinating role with provinces and utilities to figure out where we need infrastructure and how to prioritize the spend. We saw the $50,000 commitment, but we don't have a deta

Transport committee  Automakers are moving extremely quickly right now with the investments that I've outlined to increase the number of EVs coming into the market. That is happening immediately. We have to resolve these supply chain challenges, and the semiconductor issue in particular. Regulation i

Transport committee  You're absolutely right. The government has been very aggressive in working to attract more investment into Canada. In fact, I'm speaking to you today from Windsor, where in 20 minutes we're about to hear another exciting EV investment. A lot of work has been done with the govern

Transport committee  Yes, I'm familiar with that study. It actually found a significant increase in ZEV inventories across Canada. ZEV inventories are prioritized where there is ZEV demand, so a dealership that sells one ZEV every year will not carry 10 ZEVs on its lot, because there's no one there t