Political Pulse with Ryan Painter

Political Pulse with Ryan Painter

Time to Cancel the ZEV Mandate: Freedom, Realism, and the Limits of Ideology

The Case Against EV Mandates: Freedom Can’t Survive Central Planning

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Ryan Painter
Jul 06, 2025
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In 2019, British Columbia became the first jurisdiction in the world to legally mandate that all new light-duty vehicle sales be zero-emission, projecting a step change: 26% by 2026, 90% by 2030, and 100% by 2035.

Canada soon followed federal mandates in solidarity.

What began as an environmental aspiration has morphed into a policy straitjacket with re…

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