Ontario

Canada plans its first nationwide EV tax credit
Eric C. Evarts March 25, 2019

Just as President Trump is threatening to eliminate the plug-in vehicle tax credit in the U.S. through his latest budget proposal, Canada is planning to implement its first nationwide tax credit for buyers of electric cars—one that may not apply to Tesla vehicles. Last summer, Tesla sales took off in Ontario when the company began shipping Model 3s to Canada. Then they collapsed a few weeks later, when a new Conservative government took power in the province and curtailed Ontario's $14,000 (Canadian) tax credit for electric-car purchases. DON'T MISS: Tesla dominated electric-car sales...
Ontario, BC update electric-car incentives for Canadian buyers
Two Canadian provinces are now offering more generous incentives to electric-car buyers. Ontario is eliminating certain price caps in its electric-car incentive program, while a British Columbia not-for-profit is boosting its "cash-for-clunkers"-style program. Ontario announced its updated...
Stephen Edelstein February 6, 2017
Electric cars a key part of climate-action plans in Ontario, Quebec
In the past two months, the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec announced aggressive climate-change policies, both featuring strong plug-in electric vehicle support. Ontario's provincial government followed up on its recently-strengthened purchase rebates with a battery of policies including...
Matthew Klippenstein June 23, 2016

Ontario, Canada, Boosts Electric-Car Purchase Rebate Amounts
As U.S. electric-vehicle advocates are well aware, a handful of states have reduced or killed incentives for plug-in vehicles over the past year, adding some headwinds to sales. Earlier this month, the Canadian province of Ontario took the opposite approach, expanding its plug-in electric vehicle...
Matthew Klippenstein February 23, 2016
When Electric-Car Incentives Return: British Columbia Case Study
Christmas came in April last year for plug-in electric vehicle proponents in British Columbia, Canada, when the provincial government reinstated its Clean Energy Vehicle purchase-incentive program. Purchase rebates for B.C. buyers of plug-in electric vehicles had ended in February 2014, when the...
Matthew Klippenstein January 26, 2016
2016 Chevrolet Spark EV To Be Sold At Retail In Canada
It may not have too many more years to live, but the Chevrolet Spark EV will be sold in some new markets starting with the 2016 model year: three Canadian provinces. While General Motors had offered the Spark EV for fleet purchase in parts of the country, it wasn't available to retail...
John Voelcker April 13, 2015
Can Condos Coexist With Electric Cars? Volt Owner To Be Cut Off
John Voelcker January 30, 2012

Ask any automaker, and they'll tell you they believe most early electric cars will be charged at night, in garages attached to private houses. That would seem to cut out residents of multiple dwellings, from rental apartments to condominium complexes. But electric car owners are resourceful; they'll find a way to charge using any available outlet. That was what Mike Nemat, a resident of the 160-unit South Keys condo complex in Ottawa, Ontario, did when he bought a 2012 Chevrolet Volt. He plugged his Volt into an outlet on the top floor of his garage each night, using (by his estimation) about...
Chevy Volt Goes North For 2012, Priced At C$41,545 In Canada
With Chevrolet on track to complete its rollout of the 2011 Volt range-extended electric car to all 50 states by the end of this year, the carmaker is turning its sites to other countries. And it's starting next door in one of the two closest foreign countries to the U.S., one right on our border...
John Voelcker May 3, 2011