No need to get too excited by EV uptake in Canada just yet.
There is no federal incentive. Period.
The British Columbia provincial incentive as allowed to expire in
February of this year. I think that leaves only 2 provinces (Ontario
and Quebec) with incentive programs. These programs are all but secret,
and are not creating a groundswell of sales.
EV marketing by the major automakers is so lame in Canada, it appears
Tesla is the largest selling EV brand in the country, or at least close.
With just 3 stores in the entire country.
I spent almost 2 years trying to get a test drive in an i-MiEV. Dealer
would not return calls or respond to e-mails.
As for our Leaf, well, I'm still educating the one sales guy at the
local dealership with any interest at all on the Leaf, EVs in general,
and coming EVents he should attend.
Rising gasoline prices are driving some additional interest in EVs, but
in the vacuum of missing OEM advertising, this seems to be supporting a
resurgent interest in conversions as much as in OEM products.
There is a rumour there will be bargains to be had this fall on the
Smart EDs in Ontario and Quebec, as Daimler may have had a lot of
inventory of 2014s in B.C. when the incentives ended, and these are
slowly migrating to Ontario and Quebec to try to leverage the remaining
incentives in those 2 provinces. When the 2015s arrive, Daimler may be
motivated to move the 2014s by offering substantial rebates.
Of course, so long as the majority of drivers in Canada believe that EVs
won't meet their needs, they won't buy an EV no matter what incentives
are offered. We're still in the public education phase here.
Darryl McMahon
EV owner since 1979
(currently working on two EV-dealers-welcome EVents for Sept. & Oct.)
On 05/07/2014 4:03 PM, via EV wrote:
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EVs get support in Canada with big tax incentives, wireless EV charging
By Danny King Jun 26th 2014
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AVEQ World Record EV Gathering in Montreal Photos
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Perhaps a confluence of larger public and private incentives will help EV
reach the tipping point north of the border. Canadian consumers are now
privy to company, provincial and dealership incentives that could total more
than C$12,000 ($11,200 US) for battery-electric cars such as the Smart
ForTwo ED and Ford Focus Electric.
With Canadian gas prices pushing towards the $5-a-gallon equivalent (or
about a third more than US gas prices), prevailing wisdom would say that
Canadians would be more amenable to plug-in vehicles than their American
counterparts, but it's slow going, Canada's Globe and Mail says, citing J.D.
Power & Associates' Brian Murphy.
Advanced-powertrain vehicles account for about five percent of new vehicle
sales in the Great White North. Last year, Americans bought about 540,000
hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric vehicles out of about 15.6
million total light-duty vehicles sold, or about 3.5 percent.
Ford and Daimler's Smart division are trying to spur the Canadian numbers
with company incentives, and there may be some groundswell behind that. This
spring, Montreal was the site of what was, at the time, the world's largest
single collection of plug-in vehicles after 431 of their drivers met up,
according to the Electric Vehicle Association of Quebec (AVEC). That party
broke the previous record of 305 EVs last year as part of the World Advanced
Vehicle Expedition (WAVE) in Zurich but was beaten by WAVE's 507 EVs this
year.
Wireless-charging station maker Evatran is doing what it can to expand its
reach to Canada. The company just announced it will work with the Mr.
Electric Franchise Group to distribute Evatran's Plugless wireless systems
throughout the US and Canada. The Plugless system is already compatible with
Nissan Leaf electric vehicles and Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-ins.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/culture/commuting/deals-of-the-week-will-whopping-discounts-convince-buyers-to-think-electric/article19260955/
Will whopping discounts convince buyers to think electric?
by Jeremy Cato Jun. 20 2014
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