Canada to announce all new cars must be zero emissions by 2035

Hope Canada has the political will to make this an actual reality.

I don't think these kill all internal combustion engine by a set date policies are going to really work out. We're still in the "incentivize people stage" of switching not the "kill it off internal combustion engine completely stage". Most people don't buy new cars cuz they're just too expensive and there aren't a lot of used EV's that are affordable out there currently.

And before anyone says I don't get the whole thing. I own an EV, I think there's quite a long way to actually convince people to get them as a replacement.

Love this, but fucking hate having to deal with all the push back from Polievre, the Conservatives, Alberta, etc. Just hate seeing political ads masquerading as polls, or oil and gas companies trying to greenwash themselves, or the endless amount of idiotic comments from people who still don't believe in climate change.

Yah, this is something conceived in a urban environment with high population density, and relatively warm weather, like Vancouver and Toronto.

It ignores about 95% of the country that has no mass transit and hits -20 and lower for 6 months of the year. There will need to be absolutely massive investments in technology for cold weather EV and power infrastructure to deliver a huge uptick in charging power across a massively spread out country. And our sources for renewable energy are pretty much used up, hydro hasn't got a lot of possibilities left. Solar is awesome, but not a great producer this far north. Wind is only viable in a few localized spots and then you hae to get the power to the users from there.

Typical virtue signalling bullshit that's not even vaguely realistic.

I have 27kW of solar panels , 5 days of battery storage on my house, extremely low energy usage (10kWh/day), and I still have to fire up the genny this time of year about once a week. And I don't have to charge an EV.

I’d like to say better late than never, but in this case late may end up with the same result as never. Once the ice caps have melted, they can’t melt any further.

Does break dust count as an emission?

How many cars are affordable at this point which offer 0 emissions?

Do tire particles emitted from wheels count as emissions?

When I hear about this carbon neutral car talk all I can think of is "what it's gonna run on water?"

Cuz last I checked the power grid these cars are charging with are still mainly using coal

I’ve got a TOPSECRIT Kickstarter project going that uses (shhhh!) sails on cars. ZERO emissions, baby. Come sign up !

Damn, that's thousands, maybe hundred thousand+ of jobs in supply chain and fuel instantly lost right there.

It's because the Liberals are about to lose badly because their policies are not sustainable.

People need home heating, transportation, food, and housing to not die. Those aren't luxuries.

Is that no emissions at all along the cars life from production to scrap? Cus EVs today are in large just virtue vehicles.