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Big news in Windsor today: Stellantis is selling its 49% stake in NextStar Energy, the joint venture with South Korea's LG Energy Solution, as the automaker retreats from EVs. https://t.co/H5sm2NchHX

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Some details on the new EV Affordability Program: ☑️Incentives will be provided to eligible EVs with a "final transaction value" under $50,000 ☑️BEVs will get $5,000, PHEVs will get $4,000 ☑️Incentive levels will gradually decline over time

☑️ Strong GHG standards to put Canada on a path to 75% EV sales by 2035 and 90% by 2040 ☑️$2.3B for a new Electric Vehicle Affordability Program (EVAP) to provide EV incentives ☑️$1.5B for to deploy more charging stations through the CIB

Prime Minister Carney launches new strategy to transform Canada’s auto industry https://t.co/eHTA7gjaem

Government expected to announce it's scrapping EV mandate in favour of new fuel efficiency system: source, @CBCDavid & @AshleyBurkeCBC report https://t.co/XsT2x2D1lV Find out more at https://t.co/1zbPY5H87t

California's $200 million EV incentive program will require matching funds from automakers The ​proposal would ‌allow incentives to pay for the upfront purchase costs for new or used ⁠EVs but ​the incentive ​amounts have not yet been announced https://t.co/FIiovHiR11

Plan to relax fuel efficiency standards sparks safety debate

Ottawa, Seoul agree to work on bringing South Korean auto manufacturing to Canada https://t.co/f4iVkovced

UK needs far faster EV charger rollout to hit 2030 demand Industry executives warn that a watering down of government’s EV sales targets last year has created uncertainty in demand and policy, prompting some charge-point operators to hold back from investing.

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NEW: @SubaruCanada announces pricing for two all-new electric SUVs coming this spring. Subcompact Uncharted to start at $42,995, while the midsized Trailseeker can be had for $54,995. Read on: https://t.co/z2IOHQ3hBT #ElectricVehiclesCanada #Montreal #Subaru #Toyota

To make Canada a leader in electric vehicle manufacturing, we’re working to attract significant new joint-venture Chinese investments. And as our domestic sector builds up, we’ll allow a limited number of EVs from China into the Canadian market — less than 50,000 next year —

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Per article, Canada agreed to: ▶️ let in 49,000 Chinese EVs at 6.1% tariff (roughly 2.7% of Canada's LDV market) ▶️ growing to 70,000 (3.8% of market over five years) In five years, roughly half of the EVs imported would need to be under $35,000 CAD

If you want to understand what happened at CES 2026 in Las Vegas last week, a good place to start is Dreame. This 8-year-old Chinese maker of robot vacuums drew massive crowds jostling to lay eyes on its 1,876-horsepower supercar. Dreame has never manufactured an automobile.

.@GM expects to take more charges as it unwinds some of its EV plans

NEW: @KiaCanada broadens its EV portfolio with the PV5 electric van. The new PV5 marks Kia’s entry into the light-duty electric van segment, with a compact footprint and modular platform and design. Read on: https://t.co/8KE5CcbCDs #CommercialEZVs #ElectricCargoVans

Battery prices - location matters Battery pack prices 2025 China: $84 USA: $121 Europe: $130 “In 2025, average battery pack prices were lowest in China, at $84 per kWh. Pack prices in North America and Europe were approximately 44% and 56% higher than in China,