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Climate Change & the Environment

Electric vehicles platforms

Here's what the 2020 BC election parties are promising.

BC NDP
  • Provide a new income-tested incentive on new and used zero-emission vehicles.
  • Increase public vehicle charging availability with incentives and "right-to-charge" legislation for stratas and apartment buildings.

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Expand CleanBC and our zero-emissions vehicle program to industrial vehicles: [...] We will expand CleanBC's SUVI program to get more trucks, buses, ports, airports, and marine vessels off fossil fuels.

— From Working for You.

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BC Greens
  • Require 100% 0-emission non-commercial vehicle sales by 2035.
  • Remove PST on electric vehicles.
  • Work with industry on new incentive programmes.
  • Build public charging infrastructure on all highways.
  • Require multi-unit buildings to have charging infrastructure.

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Work with industry to set new [zero-emission vehicle] targets for commercial vehicles and on and off-road medium and heavy duty vehicles

— From The BC Greens' Plan for a More Equitable and Sustainable BC.

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