Canadian electric vehicle registrations inching closer to Liberal government's target

Canada is inching closer to reaching a milestone where one in every 10 passenger vehicles sold is powered by electricity.

Canada is inching closer to reaching a milestone where one in every 10 passenger vehicles sold is powered by electricity.

But the federal government wants the share of electric vehicles to be twice that in just two years, and the pace of EV sales has to jump significantly for that to happen.

Statistics Canada data published this week show more than 30,000 new electric vehicles were registered in January, February and March, making up 8.6 per cent of the total passenger vehicles added to Canadian roads.