The government’s 2030 target for electric vehicle sales extends well beyond what manufacturers say they can produce, says Brian Livingston, executive fellow at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary.
He wrote a memo to Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault on Dec. 13 titled “Counting Carbon: A Reality Check on Our Emission Reduction Plan.”
“The ERP [Emission Reduction Plan] is merely a plan to have a plan,” Livingston said. It lacks specific steps to meet targets, he said.
The ERP aims to have electric vehicles account for 60 percent of light-duty vehicle sales in Canada by 2030. In 2035, that would rise to 100 percent….