BC to End Policy Requiring All New Vehicles to Be Zero-Emission by 2035

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B.C. Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions Adrian Dix speaks before touring greenhouses at Windset Farms, in Delta, B.C., on Jan. 24, 2025. The Canadian Press/Darryl DyckB.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.

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