Don’t Know If Rebates Work

Transport Canada has no estimate of the climate change impact of its $300 million electric car rebate program. The department credited rebates with increasing the market share of electrics by one percent this year, but could not calculate actual reductions in tailpipe emissions: “The objective is not to sell the cars; the objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, right?”

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