Zero-emission vehicles in Ontario, 2020
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Description: Zero-emission vehicles in Ontario, 2020
Zero-emission vehicles in Ontario, 2020
Registrations of new zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) in Ontario remain below 2018 levels.
In 2020, 1.8% of new vehicles registered were ZEVs, up from 1.2% in 2019.
More new ZEVs were registered in Ontario in 2020 (10,515) than a year earlier (9,762), but registrations remained well below 2018 levels (16,365).
Reference period | ZEVs proportion |
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2011 | 0.04% |
2012 | 0.11% |
2013 | 0.17% |
2014 | 0.26% |
2015 | 0.29% |
2016 | 0.53% |
2017 | 1.05% |
2018 | 2.05% |
2019 | 1.27% |
2020 | 1.75% |
Of the 10,515 new ZEVs registered in 2020, 77.6% were battery-electric vehicles, up from 67.2% in 2019.
In Toronto, 2.4% of new vehicles registered in 2020 were ZEVs, compared with 1.9% in Ottawa.
Source: Statistics Canada, New Motor Vehicle Registration Survey, 2020.
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