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The former wonât surprise anyone, resident or not, but many Vancouverites might not realize that the latter is fairly unique to this watery city.
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Mark Zacharias and Ian Neville: Vancouver is leading the charge as Canada switches to electric vehicles by 2035 Back to video
B.C. has the highest uptake of electric vehicles in North America, and in the Vancouver region, EV adoption is even higher. In 2020, 11 per cent of new cars in Metro Vancouver were zero-emission, compared to only 2.4 per cent in Toronto and 3.5 per cent across the country. In the City of Vancouver, the figure is thought to be even higher: between 12 and 17 per cent. In fact, there were more new EVs registered in Metro Vancouver alone last year than the whole province of Ontario.