{"id":393376,"date":"2020-12-04T06:03:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T11:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=393376"},"modified":"2020-12-04T06:03:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T11:03:17","slug":"how-canada-can-cut-carbon-pollution-and-revitalize-its-auto-sector-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/how-canada-can-cut-carbon-pollution-and-revitalize-its-auto-sector-report\/","title":{"rendered":"How Canada can cut carbon pollution and revitalize its auto sector: report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canada has a car conundrum. Canadians drive the most polluting cars in the world due in part to a growing appetite for SUVs and trucks, and over the past 20 years, domestic carbon pollution from transportation has increased by nearly 30%.<\/p>\n

Over that same two-decade period, the number of vehicles being manufactured locally has fallen by 37%. Once a global top-five auto manufacturer, Canada now doesn\u2019t even crack the top 10.<\/p>\n

In short, transportation emissions are up, and the auto manufacturing sector is down.<\/p>\n

The good news: our car conundrum also has a solution, one explored in a new Clean Energy Canada report released today. Taking the Whee<\/u><\/em><\/a>l<\/u><\/em><\/a> finds that, with a deliberate approach for drivers and industry, zero-emission vehicles can both cut pollution and set our auto sector up to compete in the global economy.<\/p>\n

Already, most Canadians lean toward an electric car for their next vehicle purchase, but most car dealerships in the country don\u2019t have a single EV available to test drive or purchase.<\/p>\n

And while Fiat Chrysler and Ford Motor laid out plans this fall to build EVs in Ontario, prior to these announcements, an analysis of 29 global automakers had identified US$300 billion flowing into EV development with not a single dollar destined for Canada.<\/p>\n

Canada has the workforce and geographic strengths to be an EV leader but is lacking a roadmap to get us there. An industrial strategy and a package of policies to drive long-term investment in and the adoption of zero-emission vehicles could reposition Canada in the global EV race, the new report<\/u><\/a> concludes.<\/p>\n

The federal government last month made its national pollution targets legally binding. But with transportation responsible for a quarter of these emissions, it will be hard to meet targets without addressing Canada\u2019s car conundrum. A comprehensive approach could be a win-win for our economy and our climate.<\/p>\n

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