B.C’s energy minister plans to introduce legislation next year to amend provincial policy mandating that all new light-duty vehicles sold be zero-emission by 2035. The move comes six years after B.C. became the first jurisdiction in the world to legislate such targets.
Energy Minister Adrian Dix told reporters in Victoria that the electric vehicle (EV) sales goal of 90 percent by 2030, and 100 percent by 2035, was no longer a “realistic” goal.
“I think targets should be things that you can reach with effort… So they shouldn’t be what you expect will happen, but what you can realistically reach with effort,” he said during a Nov. 18 press conference.
…