According to the Liberals, all new vehicles and light-duty trucks sold in Canada will be electrified by 2035.

Written by:  Kirti Pathak   |    |  June 30th 2021 02:37 PM   |  Updated: June 30th 2021 02:37 PM
According to the Liberals, all new vehicles and light-duty trucks sold in Canada will be electrified by 2035.

According to the Liberals, all new vehicles and light-duty trucks sold in Canada will be electrified by 2035.

Written by:  Kirti Pathak
Last Updated: June 30th 2021 02:37 PM
Share us

The Liberal government said on Tuesday that it is accelerating its target of having every new light-duty vehicle sold in Canada be electric by 2025. According to Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, all new cars and light-duty trucks sold in the Kingdom by 2035 would be zero-emission vehicles.

Until recently, the government has set 2040 as the deadline for all passenger vehicles sold to be powered by this technology rather than petroleum. Alghabra referenced a recent International Energy Agency assessment that stated that by 2035, nearly all new light-duty vehicle sales will have to be electric in order to reach net-zero emissions by mid-century.

Canada has pledged that by 2050, its economy will either create no greenhouse gas emissions or will balance the heat-trapping pollution that is causing climate change through other means. Transportation has historically been Canada's second-greatest source of greenhouse gas emissions, after only the oil and gas industry, with light-duty passenger vehicles and cars accounting for the majority of that total.

Share us
PTC Punjabi Canada
© 2025 PTC Network. All Rights Reserved. Powered by PTC Network