Overview
- Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said rebates will be processed at the point of sale, offering up to $5,000 for battery‑electric or fuel‑cell vehicles and up to $2,500 for plug‑in hybrids.
- The incentives apply to new vehicles priced up to $50,000 if imported, with the price cap not applied to models manufactured in Canada, and coverage tied to countries with free‑trade agreements.
- Ministers announced $84.4 million for 122 projects to install more than 8,000 chargers, as part of $97 million for 155 clean transportation projects that also include Green Freight and EV education funding.
- The Canada Infrastructure Bank is backing charging build‑out through a $1.5‑billion initiative, and its CEO said the bank is increasing its allocation by an additional $1 billion, with over $500 million already committed to enable up to 5,400 fast chargers.
- Natural Resources Canada reports roughly 33,000 public chargers today, far short of estimates that mass EV adoption by 2035 would need about 447,000 public chargers and 11.9 million at‑home ports.