Electric vehicle sales are expected to hit a record 9% of all passenger vehicles in the U.S. this year, according to Atlas Public Policy. That will be up from 7.3% of new car sales in 2022.
Anyways, 11% marketshare in Canada is much higher than America’s 9%. I wonder if this might explain why it’s so hard to find an EVs in Canada with waiting lists lasting years. As I wonder if car companies were expecting Canada to mirror the US in uptake with EVs and continue to allocate so few EVs.
In Canada, the latest quarter marketshare of plugin vehicles was at 13.3%, with 2nd quarter at 10.5% and 1st quarter at 9.2% (note link is a PDF). That’s an average of 11% across 3 quarters but that number is likely slightly higher or lower when calculating the year as a whole because of number of sales made each quarter would be different.
Anyways, 11% marketshare in Canada is much higher than America’s 9%. I wonder if this might explain why it’s so hard to find an EVs in Canada with waiting lists lasting years. As I wonder if car companies were expecting Canada to mirror the US in uptake with EVs and continue to allocate so few EVs.