Plug-in electric vehicles in British Columbia
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As of 2022, there were about 80,000 electric vehicles in British Columbia. As of September 2022, 17.5% of all new vehicles sold in the province were electric.
Government policy
In 2011, British Columbia announced the LiveSmart BC program which started offering rebates of up to $5,000 per eligible clean energy vehicle commencing on December 1, 2011. The incentives were available until March 31, 2013, or until available funding is depleted, whichever came first. Available funds were enough to provide incentives for approximately 1,370 vehicles.
BC had incentives for battery electric vehicles, fuel cell vehicles and plug-in hybrids with battery capacity of 15.0 kWh but paused rebates in May 2025 and as of February 5, 2026 the government confirmed it would not bring back rebates.https://www.biv.com/news/transportation/bc-scraps-provincial-ev-rebates-permanently-amid-federal-renewal-11844186
Effective December 1, 2011, rebates of up to $500 per qualifying electric vehicle charging equipment were available to B.C. residents who had purchased a clean energy vehicle.
As of April 2022, the provincial government offers tax rebates of $3,000 for electric vehicle purchases. In 2022, the provincial government stopped collecting sales tax on electric vehicles.
Charging stations
As of 2021, there were about 2,500 public charging stations in British Columbia. There were about 200 public DC charging station locations with 480 charging stations.
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