Canadians are purchasing fewer electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, new data from Statistics Canada suggests.
New vehicle registrations rose 5.9 percent in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year, but new registrations for battery electric vehicles decreased by 39.2 percent during the same timeframe, according to the StatCan report released Sept. 8.
Registrations for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles declined by 2.2 percent in the second quarter compared with the same period one year earlier, but hybrid electric vehicle registrations jumped 60.7 percent, continuing their trend of year-over-year growth, StatCan said. Gasoline-powered hybrid electric vehicles have self-charging capability, unlike electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles that depend on an external power source….