The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is backing private-sector investment in large-scale electric vehicle charging networks with a new $500-million program aimed at countering a charging infrastructure deficit, widely perceived as limiting the broader adoption of EVs.

Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne says Canada has a “winning strategy” in automotive and “all the ingredients” to offer “generational opportunities for workers.” He talks about new investment, the EV supply chain and pitching Canada “as a solution provider.”

Deliveries of new battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles that qualify for the Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program climbed to a new 2022 high in August, while a surge in Model 3 deliveries gave Tesla back the top spot as the largest-volume brand under the federal program this year, according to data from Transport Canada.

Some Canadian writers say they’ll opt out of vehicle ride-and-drives held in anti-abortion states; car companies say the issue is complicated