Electric vehicle subsidies don't make any sense unless EVs are inherently a superior technology which requires a critical mass of adoption to drive down the costs to the point where the vehicles can complete directly on their own merits. The fact that Ontario is the largest car manufacturing jurisdiction in North America is another factor which needs to be kept in mind, as is the fact that Ontario, Quebec and BC each have surfeit of clean electricity.

As early as 2007 mainstream manufacturers such as VW recognized that “all cars eventually will be electric”, but have been slow to act on that important insight.  The reason that all cars will eventually be electric relates to the fact that electric cars are, as a matter of thermodynamic efficiency, at least 500% more efficient than gas cars, have approximately 99% fewer moving parts in the drive train and cost only about 10% as much as a gas car to power. EV subsidies are helping this new technology to overcome legacy barriers to entry.