OTTAWA — Gross sales of recent electrical autos jumped in March as Canadian took benefit of the long-awaited return of federal authorities subsidies.
Information launched by Statistics Canada on Thursday reveals 21,547 new EVs have been bought in March, the best since December 2024 — simply earlier than the federal government paused the rebate program.
Ottawa introduced again subsidies for brand spanking new EVs on Feb. 16, after pausing them in January 2025 when cash from the earlier program ran out.
March gross sales represented an 83 per cent leap from the month earlier than, and 75 per cent from the identical time a yr in the past.
However market share for EVs remains to be lagging at simply greater than 12 per cent of all new autos bought.
March did additionally see a leap for all autos, with gross sales total leaping 42 per cent month-over-month.
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