A group of nearly 50 municipal leaders in Ontario is calling on Ottawa to scrap its electric vehicle (EV) sales mandate, warning of “irreversible damage” to the auto industry.
The Ontario Auto Mayors group, consisting of 48 mayors from Ontario cities and towns, requested the “immediate repeal” of the federal government’s EV sales targets mandate, in a July 24 letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney.
“The Auto Mayors passed a motion calling for the immediate repeal of the [EV mandate] before irreversible damage is done to the auto industry, local dealerships and the communities that depend on them,” the letter says.
The government’s mandate requires 20 percent of new vehicles sold in Canada to be EVs by 2026, with the share of EVs increasing each year until it reaches 100 percent by 2035, ultimately banning the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles….