B.C. is scaling back parts of its electric-vehicle strategy while it waits for the federal government to decide what Canada’s national EV targets will look like.

The province says it will update its zero-emission vehicle rules in spring 2026, including revisiting its sales targets. Officials say they want B.C.’s targets to line up with whatever Ottawa decides, instead of running a separate set of rules.

B.C. says its goal of having all new cars sold being hybrid or electric by 2035 has been ditched. Ottawa paused its 2026 EV mandate back in early September and now the program is under review. Nobody knows what’s coming next.

Right now, automakers are meeting B.C.’s 2026 requirements, but the province acknowledges that slowing demand, higher prices, supply-chain issues and U.S. tariffs c

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