Some would be brought to scream victory. Like the American professional association of manufacturers of fuel and petrochemical products which had launched an advertising campaign on January 7 to highlight its support for the elected president.
According to the continuous news channel Spectrum News NY1, the advertising campaign named Day One Priority attracted attention to Trump’s commitment to end Joe Biden’s “mandate” on electric vehicles (VE). She took the form of video advertisements and announcements in the Florida and Washington newspapers.
But it wouldn’t be that simple. Of course, he signed executive decrees (executive orders) which would slow down the marketing and adoption of Vé.
Asked after sharing a publication on Facebook, Daniel Breton, CEO of electric mobility Canada (MEC), brings some nuances and certain details as to the claims of the 47th President of the United States.
First, he would like to clarify that the United States government has never adopted a mandate from Vé. “Oil companies call it an“ Mandate EV ”. In fact, it is not an EV mandate, ”he supports.
“The US EPA Regulation does not give a percentage of sale of electric vehicles to be reached and does not oblige manufacturers to sell Vé.”
— Daniel Breton, CEO of Canada electric mobility
“EPA tells them to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from your fleet of vehicles to such percentage in such a year or any other year … When they say that it is an EV Mandate, it is a lie”, he adds.
Derogations from States
Then, another decree attacks the derogations of states which have polluting emission standards in order to limit sales of petrol motor cars. “When Donald Trump was sworn in in 2017, he made the EPA regulations back down by around 80 %, adopted at that time by Barack Obama. There, I expect Donald Trump wanting to retreat the standard of these states, ”predicts Mr. Breton.
But this kind of date of date no yesterday. We can go back as far as the presidency of George W. Bush.
“In 2001, two car manufacturers and the government of George W. Bush had continued California so that they were not allowed to set up their own zero issuance. It ended in a legal battle that lasted for years, until Obama comes to power, “he said.
-And rebelote when Donald Trump made his first mandate to the presidency until the election of Joe Biden. “At that time, the manufacturers said they were going to agree with the federal government,” continues Mr. Breton.
«[Maintenant] Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, already said that he was preparing to fight on the legal level against the will of Donald Trump to remove the exemption from California and other zero issues. “
— Daniel Breton, CEO of Canada electric mobility
Third, Trump plans to eliminate subsidies that promote electric vehicles, lists the CEO of guy. It’s not that sure.
“In English, it’s written consider. If the first two points, he says that we are going to put an end to that, in the third, it is written: “We’re going to look at that.” And in his first mandate, Donald Trump had not removed the discounts of electric cars, “he recalls.
Almost 10 % of vehicles sold
The article by Spectrum News NY 1 reveals that around 8 % of new vehicles sold in the United States were electrical in the course of 2024, compared to 7.6 % in 2023. COX Automotive, World Supplier of Services and Automobile Technologies Cité By New York One, has argued that 10 % of vehicle sales will be VEs in 2025.
On our side of the border, 16.5 % of new vehicles sold in Canada in the third quarter of 2024 were in the zero emission category (battery electric and rechargeable hybrid), according to data from S&P Global Mobility. In Quebec, this proportion had reached 34.6 %.
Fourth figures for 2024 should be published in March. Daniel Breton predicts that in Quebec, it should be between 40 and 50 % and between 18 and 20 % for the whole of Canada. “With such proportions, we would be ahead of the target of 20 % planned for 2026,” he said.
With the upheaval of the Roulez Vert program of the Quebec government and the suspension of the Federal Discount Program, the 2025 figures would be less spectacular. “I expect a short-term sales down for the first quarter,” he adds.
“Then, in the second trimester, I expect sales to start up. Because people who were interested in buying an experience will say that they will wait on April 1, “concludes the CEO of guy.
