{"id":1842,"date":"2023-02-08T07:55:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T15:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/?post_type=engagement&#038;p=1842"},"modified":"2025-05-28T13:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T20:43:29","slug":"zero-emission-vehicle-legislation","status":"publish","type":"engagement","link":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/zero-emission-vehicle-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero Emission Vehicle Legislation and Regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group engage-banner has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fbda80\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Engagement was open February 4 to March 19, 2019<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2007\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2022\/12\/52491194179_6d2c8c7cb0_k.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2022\/12\/52491194179_6d2c8c7cb0_k.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2022\/12\/52491194179_6d2c8c7cb0_k-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2022\/12\/52491194179_6d2c8c7cb0_k-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2022\/12\/52491194179_6d2c8c7cb0_k-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2022\/12\/52491194179_6d2c8c7cb0_k-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2022\/12\/52491194179_6d2c8c7cb0_k-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-container\"><div class=\"engagement-page\"><div class=\"engagement-content-wrapper\"><h1 class=\"engagement-title-banner \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/themes\/bcgov-engagement\/dist\/images\/blue-curve-bg.svg)\">Zero Emission Vehicle Legislation and Regulation<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-content\"><bcgov-breadcrumb>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\">Home<\/a>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/\">Engagement Opportunities<\/a> \n                  <span>\n        Zero Emission Vehicle Legislation and Regulation\n  <\/span>\n  <div style=\"display: flex\" slot=\"breadcrumb-extra\">\n      <\/div>\n  <\/bcgov-breadcrumb>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-govtogether-engagement-header\"><div class=\"text-column\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On this page&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#summary\" title=\"\">Engagement summary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#results\" title=\"\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Low Carbon Innovation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CleanBC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Car manufacturers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What: <\/strong>To enact Zero Emission Vehicle legislation in Spring 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> Province-wide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why:<\/strong> To meet greenhouse gas emission reduction targets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How: <\/strong>Online survey<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-engagement_category wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\"><strong>Category: <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement_category\/cleanbc-environmental-protection\/\" rel=\"tag\">CleanBC<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement_category\/environmental-protection\/\" rel=\"tag\">Environmental Protection<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement_category\/law-and-public-safety\/\" rel=\"tag\">Law and Public Safety<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement_category\/transportation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Transportation<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"image-column\"><span role=\"img\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"engagement-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2022\/12\/52115642221_3df345ba2b_k.jpg);background-position:52% 50%\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"results\">Engagement summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) standard is intended to ensure that cleaner vehicles are more available and competitively priced, making them more affordable and accessible to the average resident and B.C. fleet operator. It is intended to also support the growth of B.C.&#8217;s broader clean energy vehicle sector, which in 2019, included 198 countries and 3,850 employees, and represented approximately $700 million a year in direct economic activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zero-Emission Vehicles Act (ZEV Act) was first passed on May 30, 2019, requiring automakers to meet escalating annual levels of light-duty ZEV sales in the province of 10% by 2025, 30% by 2030 and 100% by 2040. B.C. exceeded its ZEV sales targets each year between 2019 and 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Summer 2022, The Ministry of Energy and Climate Solutions (the ministry) initiated the first review of the ZEV Act through the release of an intentions paper to invite comments from interested parties. The ministry also held a webinar for vehicle suppliers and met with technical interested parties that requested individual meetings. In addition, the ministry engaged with First Nations in B.C. through a CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 Indigenous engagement process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Input gathered during the Summer 2022 engagements informed the final proposed amendments to the ZEV Act. In November 2023, the ZEV Act\u2019s provincial targets were accelerated to reach 26% of light-duty and Class 2B (trucks) ZEV sales by 2026, 90% by 2030 and 100% by 2035. The phase-out year on the sale of new internal-combustion engine vehicles, which has been changed from Jan. 1, 2040, to Jan. 1, 2035, is part of the commitments within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/environment\/climate-change\/action\/cleanbc\/cleanbc_roadmap_2030.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CleanBC Roadmap to 2030<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related engagements<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"related-engagements\">\n                                    <div class=\"govtogether-engagement-card\" aria-label=\"Engagement title: CleanBC Review. Categories: CleanBC, Environmental Protection. Status: Closed with results.\">\n            <div class=\"card-header\">\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-status status-closed with results\">\n                                            Closed with results                                     <\/div>\n\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/cleanbcreview\/\" class=\"engagement-title\">\n                        CleanBC Review                <\/a>\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-categories\">\n                                                                        <span class=\"category-pill\">CleanBC<\/span>\n                                                    <span class=\"category-pill\">Environmental Protection<\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                \n            <\/div>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/cleanbcreview\/\" class=\"card-image-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"engagement-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/06\/CleanBC-Review-banner.jpg\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n\n        <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"govtogether-engagement-card\" aria-label=\"Engagement title: Preventing Waste Outside the Home. 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Status: Closed with results.\">\n            <div class=\"card-header\">\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-status status-closed with results\">\n                                            Closed with results                                     <\/div>\n\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/preventing-waste-outside-the-home\/\" class=\"engagement-title\">\n                        Preventing Waste Outside the Home                <\/a>\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-categories\">\n                                                                        <span class=\"category-pill\">CleanBC<\/span>\n                                                    <span class=\"category-pill\">Environmental Protection<\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                \n            <\/div>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/preventing-waste-outside-the-home\/\" class=\"card-image-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"engagement-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2024\/04\/Preventing-waste-bins-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n\n        <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"govtogether-engagement-card\" aria-label=\"Engagement title: Plastics Action Plan. 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Status: Closed with results.\">\n            <div class=\"card-header\">\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-status status-closed with results\">\n                                            Closed with results                                     <\/div>\n\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/plastics-action-plan-1\/\" class=\"engagement-title\">\n                        Plastics Action Plan                <\/a>\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-categories\">\n                                                                        <span class=\"category-pill\">CleanBC<\/span>\n                                                    <span class=\"category-pill\">Environmental Protection<\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                \n            <\/div>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/plastics-action-plan-1\/\" class=\"card-image-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"engagement-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2023\/02\/CleanBC-Plastics.png\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n\n        <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"govtogether-engagement-card\" aria-label=\"Engagement title: CleanBC Telephone Townhalls. 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