Electric vehicle (EV) sales in Canada’s province of Ontario have plummeted after the provincial government canceled a generous rebate for zero-emission vehicles last year. Due to the scrapped incentive, Ontario is now the only Canadian province that has seen declines in EV sales this year, while all other provinces—led by Quebec and British Columbia—have seen consistent rises in clean vehicles sales. EV sales in Ontario plunged by over 55 percent to 2,933 units in the first half of 2019, The Canadian Press reports, citing data from not-for-profit organization Electric Mobility Canada. So far this year, Ontario has seen huge dives in EV sales, which experts attribute to the new provincial government scrapping last year the rebate on EV purchases, which, apparently, were a large buying incentive. Before 2018, Ontario was offering rebates of up to US$10,700 (C$14,000) to buyers of EVs. The new government of Premier Doug Ford, however, […]