The Economic Health Benefits of the EV Availability Standard
October 2025. TAF submitted the following joint letter, with Canada’s leading health experts, to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, urging the Government of Canada to uphold a strong Electric Vehicle Availability Standard. The Electric Vehicle Availability Standard (EVAS)…
DownloadOctober 2025. TAF submitted the following joint letter, with Canada’s leading health experts, to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, urging the Government of Canada to uphold a strong Electric Vehicle Availability Standard.
The Electric Vehicle Availability Standard (EVAS) is a pro-consumer regulation that delivers substantial public-health, climate, and economic benefits. Weakening EVAS beyond the one-year delay would diminish health and climate gains, undermine private-sector investment in charging infrastructure, and erode the policy certainty that industry relies upon.