The future of EVs is an excellent case study in the value of certainty.Doug Ives/The Canadian Press

Steve Flamand is the president and chief executive of Hyundai Auto Canada Corp., headquartered in Markham, Ont.

Federal-government incentives for electric-vehicle purchases did as they were designed to do. Before the iZEV (incentives for zero-emission vehicles) program ran out of funds, Ottawa spent about $3-billion between May, 2019, and January, 2025, giving rebates to customers buying some half a million cars.

The program was a massive success. It must return. And that is especially true in these uncertain times.

Today, the automotive industry is navigating one of the most unpredictable periods in its long and storied history. We face an imperfect storm of on-again, off-again tariffs; rapidly evolving technologies; and fierce........

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