I still don't know how you'll mandate or "force" people to buy X percentage of EVs. Especially is (as I predict) they keep going up in price.
Even in Quebec, which is very EV friendly, rebates, good infrastructure, etc...they only run at about 10-12% EVs for new cars..and not always at that level either.
It would be much higher than 10-12% in Quebec if EV’s would be available to meet demand. My son just put a deposit on a Bolt, 18 to 24 months to get it. We’re trading my wife ICE XC40 for the XC40 Recharge. 2023’s sold out. It’s going to be a 2024 if we’re lucky.
Yup. Supply is limiting sales, otherwise we would easily be past 20% already. 11.4% of vehicles sold in the province last year had a plug. BC reached 15%. Ontario is in third place at around 5%, other provinces can't top 4%. But BC and QC sales show that the target is realistic, provided PHEVs and provincial incentives are part of the solution. Imagine a PHEV F-150 with, say, a 40 kWh battery pack - now that would be a win-win, if prices can come down. If GM holds its $35k promise on the Equinox, and others follow, the market will sway.
My job involves me face to face with dealership managers on a daily basis. I always ask how the demand is for BEV’s. So far, they all want PHEV’s because that’s what buyers want too. Customers aren’t beating down doors to buy EV. Even my GM dealer has a few Bolts in stock he’d love to move, and those are at the low end of the EV price scale. And boy do EV’s ever get traded in, especially Tesla’s. And ask how hard those are to resell right now. The last one I had a hand in selling went $14,000 below ask to a buyer in Toronto. Even the lower mainland demand for them has tanked.
My northern dealers can’t give a EV away, the Ford guy sold all his lightnings to other Ford stores, the single ONE he did sell retail got traded back in 4 months later. And the commitment Ford wants for him to be a full EV dealer is absolutely lunacy and he won’t be taking part. Even the northern Toyota guys see much less demand for the white hot RA4 Prime compared to the dealers south. The Subaru dealer got a few Solterra’s and sold both to other dealers. The Nissan guy flat out said when Nissan goes all EV they’ll probably shut down altogether as his EV demand is nil. Might change in the future? Sure, but it’s remote out there and it -38 today, those EV hurdles won’t change.
I’m sure big metro areas are different. EVs work much better there. But here in the interior/rural BC this is what I see. I’d bet 90% of the EV’s sold here in BC are in the lower mainland.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
