00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.854705 CaOODSP 20221123120149 cr ||||||||||| 180404s2018 oncd ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- YM32-2/2017-27E-PDF Chong, Jed. Electric vehicles in Canada and selected countries [electronic resource] / Jed Chong, Economics, Resources and International Affairs Division, Parliamentary Information and Research Service. [Ottawa] : Library of Parliament, c2018. i, 13 p. : col. charts. Background paper ; publication no. 2017-27-E Issued also in French under title: Les véhicules électriques au Canada et ailleurs dans le monde. Cover title. "14 July 2017." Includes bibliographical references. “This Background Paper provides a general overview of the deployment of electric vehicle (EV) technology. It first outlines the different types of EVs, then goes on to discuss in section 2 one of the main drivers of EV deployment in Canada: namely, concern over greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transportation sector. Section 3 focuses on the role of the federal government with respect to EVs and provides examples of recent federal initiatives to support the sector. Finally, section 4 compares the state of EV deployment in Canada with the rest of the world, using data from the International Energy Agency (IEA)"--Introd., p. 1. gccst Electric vehicles gccst Government policy Canada. Library of Parliament. Canada. Parliamentary Information and Research Service. Les véhicules électriques au Canada et ailleurs dans le monde (CaOODSP)9.854706 Background paper (Canada. Parliamentary Information and Research Service) publication no. 2017-27-E. (CaOODSP)9.504772 PDF 555 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/bdp-lop/bp/YM32-2-2017-27-eng.pdf