Newly registered motor vehicles in Canada recorded a near-10-per-cent drop in the first quarter of 2022 compared to Q1 of 2021, but the silver lining is electric vehicles posted a 55.2-per-cent increase, representing the highest number of EVs registered in a single quarter. That EV adoption rate, according to the date just released by StatsCan, translates to a market share of 5.8 per cent in Q1 of this year, the highest ever for electric vehicles nationwide.
Throw in plug-in hybrids and that number increases to a 7.7-per-cent market share. PHEVs saw an increase of 37.7 per cent and new hybrid electric vehicles 3.8 per cent over the same period in 2021. New gasoline-powered vehicles posted the largest decline, with 13.2 per cent fewer new registrations in 2022, while diesel-powered vehicle registrations were down 11.8 per cent.
As has been the historical case, the vast majority of the new EV registrations — a whopping 93.1 per cent — occurred in the country’s three most populous provinces. However all but one province (Saskatchewan) saw more EVs registered in Q1 of 2022 than in Q1 of last year.
Quebec led the way with 7,522 registrations, followed by Ontario (5,688) and British Columbia (5,385). That latter number includes the territories. However, in terms of a province-by-province breakdown of EV market share culled from this latest data, B.C. holds top honours at 12.5, with Quebec next at 9.2 per cent, and Ontario at 4.2 per cent.
Multi-purpose vehicles made up the largest segment of the EV registrations (10,229), edging out passenger vehicles (9,396). Sixty-nine EV vans were registered and one pickup truck, the same number of alternative vehicles registered country-wide in the first quarter of this year.
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