The other day my neighbour informed me EVs were a “scam”.

Well, certainly EVs in Canada seem to have lost their lustre, at least temporarily. First of all, the federal EV rebates were paused in January 2025 because the money allotted to them had run out. The rebates have not been re-instated since.

The B.C. rebate has also been paused while it is reviewed. Partly as a result of the loss of rebates, in 2025 EV sales as a percentage of total vehicle sales have dropped by almost a half in Canada.

On top of that, there is the removal of all incentives for EV production and purchase in the U.S. by the administration of President Donald Trump, stifling demand in the U.S. With all that and the US tariffs on Canadian-built cars and car parts, the Canadian EV sector has been hit hard.

General Motors announced last week it would end production of its EV delivery van in Ingersoll, Ontario, and Stellantis confirmed it will not start EV production in Brampton, Ontario, as originally planned.

In total, of 13 EV supply chain or battery-related projects in Canada that were identified in a June 2024 report by the Parliamentary Budget Office, more than half have been scrapped, scaled back or delayed, while most of the remainder........

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