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Well, some good news yesterday, that the federal government in Canada has finally stepped up with an announcement in the new budget to allocate a national rebate to promote EV vehicles.... in in a nutshell, it will be a $5K rebate on vehicles $45K and under, and this would be in addition to provincial rebates, such as in Quebec and BC.

New Budget Adds ZEV Incentive for Consumers, Business | autoTRADER.ca

Official details are to follow (can’t find any government link yet)... and already some criticism on the interweb about the threshold being too low as it cuts out a LOT of vehicles (even a non-base model Leaf or Bolt). Surely it is not a coincidence that the Model 3 starts at $47K.

It is also not clear (in my opinion) if this also includes PHEVs, and if there are rules around this as well. For example, some stories like the AutoTrader one suggest there is a 15KWh...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has contracted with Toyota to make a fuel-cell moon buggy with a 6,000 mile range! No word on North American availability.

https://www.space.com/japan-futuristic-moon-rovers-by-toyota.html

Plug-in America Editorial about Plug-in Road fees
Electric Vehicle Road Usage Fees

Wow they seem to have changed from (a few years ago) that plug-ins should *eventually* pay road taxes, to now it is unfair. Gee I am not so sure.