Clean Energy Canada | Why strong tailpipe emission standards are necessary for Canada’s EV acceleration
April 28, 2026

Electric vehicles are having a comeback year in Canada. While EV sales and interest are already soaring in  European markets and other countries, here at home, February EV sales were up 47 per cent year over year, and online searches for EVs grew 94 per cent from January to late March with online car retailer .

Or you could just ask Canadians. In Clean Energy Canada’s new April survey with Abacus Data, 52 per cent of people expressed openness to getting an EV, with 21 per cent of Canadians saying the new $5,000 federal incentive and recent gas prices have made them even more inclined to go electric than they were before. 

Keep reading this op-ed, co-authored by Joanna Kyriazis, in Electric Autonomy.