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Source: Father Deliberately Drove Car Off Cliff, Authorities Say After Dramatic Rescue - The New York Times

According to Reuters:
U.S. Treasury says consumer leases can qualify for EV tax credits | Reuters

This makes it possible to lease a non-North American-built BEV with a full tax credit applied to the lease cost. And, since it is a commercial tax credit, the battery sourcing restriction does not apply even after Treasury and IRS implement the guideline for the commercial credit. It does not have the sourcing restrictions of consumer credit.

Good news for someone wanting to get into a BEV including Toyota bZ4X this year. Now, I have to keep m eyes on a good lease deal as they had several years ago on PHEV. I remember seeing no money down $99/mo lease deal for Ioniq back when I was looking at Prius Prime for the first time. In fact, with this rule, Toyota's new Prius Prime with a slightly larger battery than before as well as Rav4Prime should...

Some interesting data out of this Motor Illustrated article and reveals Canada has a long way to go to meet this target in proposed regulation. Total number of zero emission vehicles were only 5.2% of total car sales in 2021 and including plug-in hybrids were up to 7.2% in the first 6 months of 2022. Most of the blame on the current situation can point to lack of supply, not a lack of willingness, as consumers get frustrated and end up with more polluting options. I would assume a lot of that is also cost related as well, even given the credits available because many of them rely on purchase price limits.

https://motorillustrated.com/20-of-zero-emission-vehicles-sales-in-canada-by-2026/108356/

Looks like the Canadian Gov't is ready to enforce this by penalizing the manufacturers.

You would think, having built over 9 million cars in Toyota Canada's two factories, including...