representatives from WE EDC, automakers, academic and research institutions, and representatives from higher levels of government. The City should move to establish what role it and the other stakeholder groups should play.

In general, the focus of the stakeholder group could focus on the establishment of information and awareness campaigns, total cost of ownership tools and education. In addition, the logistics (including the technical requirements, grant opportunities and placement of charging stations) could be coordinated amongst the various stakeholder groups.

v. Offering Parking Incentives to Owners of EVs.

An option available to Council which could incentivize the adoption of EVs is to offer drivers of EVs parking incentives. If Council was interested in pursing a parking incentive program, options could be brought forward for Council’s consideration.

4. Federal and Provincial Programs

The Federal Government has adopted a target that 10% of new passenger vehicle sales be ZEV’s (zero emission vehicles) by 2025, 30% by 2030 and 100% by 2040. Zero emission vehicles include battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). The more popular of the two ZEVs with consumers is currently BEVs.

In support of reaching its ZEV target, in 2019 the Federal Government began offering Canadians up to $5,000 towards the purchase of battery electric and long-range plug-in hybrid vehicles. Of the $300 million that the Government allocated to fund three years of the program, approximately $225 million had been spent as of July 31, 2020. The Government has also announced $130 million over five years (2019-2024) to deploy a network of zero-emission vehicle charging stations (level 2 and higher).

In 2019, ZEV’s accounted for 2.8% of new passenger vehicle sales in Ontario and 4.56% in Canada.

2019 Motor Vehicle Registrations	Ontario	Canada
New Vehicle Registrations	770,539	1,891,821
BEV, HEV, PHEV	21,583	86,354
% of BEV, HEV, PHEV as a % of Vehicle RegistrationsNew	2.80 %	4.56%

Source: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca

In June 2019, there were 125 battery electric vehicles and 254 plug-in hybrid vehicles registered in the City of Windsor.

In its September 23, 2020 throne speech, the Federal government unveiled its upcoming plans, which included measures to:

• Support Canadian consumers and businesses who want to move towards electric vehicles by making zero-emissions vehicles more affordable;

• Invest in more charging stations across the country;

• Launch a new fund to attract investments in making zero-emission products; cut the corporate tax rate in half for these companies to create jobs; make Canada a world leader in clean technology.