e-1891 (Road transportation)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-34-13 Government Response to petitions concerning road transportation
- Electric vehicles
- Vehicle emissions
- Zero emission vehicles
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Minister of Transport
- The Ministry of Transport is currently developing a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Strategy, to accelerate the deployment of electric vehicles;
- Electric-vehicle deployment targets are essential signals to the market that a government is committed to a transition to ZEVs;
- In 2016, 14 countries already had electric car targets in place: Austria, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States (eight states);
- ZEV mandates are key to ensuring consumers have access to electric vehicles to test drive and to purchase when they visit a car dealer;
- ZEV mandates have been implemented in 10 states across the U.S., and in Quebec;
- The ZEV program has been successful in California, where ZEVs accounted for 3.5% of all vehicle sales in that state, which is significantly higher than electric vehicle sales in any other state;
- All countries that have achieved an electric car market share above 1% of their total passenger light-duty vehicle sales have offered financial and non-financial incentives to encourage consumers to purchase electric vehicles; and
- Financial incentives are essential to the deployment of the emerging ZEV market.
- Open for signature
- October 17, 2018, at 2:15 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- February 14, 2019, at 2:15 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Peter Schiefke
(Vaudreuil—Soulanges)
May 6, 2019 (Petition No. 421-03630) - Government response tabled
- June 19, 2019