B.C. pushes new vehicle sales' zero-emission target ahead 5 years to 2035

The province says it intends to have all new cars sold in B.C. be zero emission by 2035, five years ahead of its original 2040 target. 

During a news conference on Tuesday, Josie Osborne, the minister of energy, mines and low carbon innovation, said the province is “strengthening” the Zero-Emission Vehicles Act, now requiring 26 per cent of light-duty vehicle sales to be zero-emission by 2026, 90 per cent by 2030 and 100 per cent by 2035. 

In 2019, the NDP government passed legislation requiring 10 per cent of all new light-duty vehicles sold by 2025 to produce zero emissions, 30 per cent by 2030 and 100 per cent by 2040.

To make that transition easier for

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