of course... it's actually much worse than just policy dredged up from the days of Paul Martin and Stephen Harper… it's a gigantic step backward at the behest of fossil fuel interests in order to keep people burning fossil fuels.

EV mandates should be 'sold’ as an affordability measure! Because they are!

No, I don't mean grants, I mean everyday use. Real impacts on your pocket book. How much money would you save if you *never* went to a gas station. Just think about that for second.

Then we can do the math.

My 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric just passed 251152km (palindrome!) yesterday and gets around 6km/kWh on average.

I pay about $0.13/kWh at home to charge so that's $0.02/km. That is $5,023.04 in total energy expenses so far.

Our 2012 Toyota Prius C is at 270,000km and gets about 5.5L/100km or 0.055L/km. At (a discounted) $1.25/L that’s $0.04/km or $10,800 in total energy expenses so far.

Per kilometre the EV is half the cost to 'fuel' than one of the most fuel efficient gas cars out there.

In general, why would *anyone* choose something that costs double to run!?

And yet, the government doesn't sell this as ‘affordability’ it sells it as 'environmental responsibility'.

Let's be honest, they do that because they *know* the environmental message is *less* motivating than money.

Now I said at the beginning, "imagine" never going to the gas station. Obviously that doesn't mean you're fueling for free... but there is another overlooked aspect to this.

Fueling your car is a day to day thing. It's one of the biggest pulls on people's bank accounts precisely because it is such a frequent cost.

Now imagine if that 'bill' was just rolled into your home electricity bill. Which you could do other things to reduce cost overall?

EVs are not just an environmental game changer, they are a financial one for the average person.

That is why oil companies are throwing absolutely everything they have at government (and also fomenting fascism) to keep their good times going, at our expense.

#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #Driving #Affordability

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https://fordauthority.com/2025/12/ford-super-duty-production-on-track-to-begin-at-oakville-in-2026/

@chris

Im so sick of hearing about hybrids. IMO they are the worst of all worlds.

#EV

@chris Good for Guilbeault, clearly saying this is wrong.

> "We need that mandate," said Guilbeault. "It is essential. Not just for climate change, but in terms of air pollution, the impacts, the health benefits of doing this are very important."

Industries always find a way to use crises to justify doing what they always wanted to do

@chris

EV price subsidies dont work well with ending tariffs on Chinese cars. And subsidies knock out Chinese EVs main purpose, driving DOWN the price of cars in Canada.

Subsidising local auto makers to help lower THEIR cost of manufacturing, drives auto makers to make cheaper cars, electric cars.

So we MUST LOUDLY DEMAND transition to electric subsidies to makers, through workers.