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Transportation
March 26, 2024
Media Release
FedEx supports new project mapping charging needs and grid readiness in the GTHA
The Pembina Institute launches initiative to help accelerate fleet electrification![Adam Thorn](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/adam-24.jpg?itok=0EH5Jq1F)
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Transportation
March 20, 2024
Op-ed
The true cost of diesel-powered medium- and heavy-duty vehicles
MHDVs are a disproportionately large contributor to traffic-related air pollution![Adam Thorn](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/adam-24.jpg?itok=0EH5Jq1F)
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Transportation
December 20, 2023
Article
Fast and furious
Turns out electric vehicle sales remained strong throughout 2023![Adam Thorn](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/adam-24.jpg?itok=0EH5Jq1F)
Transportation
December 19, 2023
Media Release
Federal government’s new EV regulations will boost sales and lower prices
Pembina Institute available for comment![Adam Thorn](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/adam-24.jpg?itok=0EH5Jq1F)
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December 7, 2023
Op-ed
Canada can’t hit its net-zero goals without phasing out gas-guzzling vehicles
Why did our delegates show up at COP28 without a final plan for getting us off fossil fuel-burning cars?![Adam Thorn](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/adam-24.jpg?itok=0EH5Jq1F)
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November 23, 2023
Op-ed
Ambitious, staggered sales mandates a key to meeting zero-emission MHDV targets
Recommendation tops a set of policies Canada needs to steer the MHDV transition![Adam Thorn](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/adam-24.jpg?itok=0EH5Jq1F)
November 1, 2023
Media Release
Pembina Institute releases strategy to decarbonize Canada’s highest emitting vehicles
The relentless rise in truck and bus emissions makes it increasingly urgent to develop a national clean transportation plan![Adam Thorn](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/adam-24.jpg?itok=0EH5Jq1F)
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Transportation
November 1, 2023
Publication
Canada’s Pathway to Net-Zero for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Trucks and Buses
The drive to clean transportation in 2040![Portrait of Carolyn Kim](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/user_images/carolyn-kim.png?itok=p3bnCqit)
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August 8, 2023
Publication
British Columbia’s Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero- Emission Vehicles 2023 Consultation Paper
Pembina Institute comments and recommendations![Portrait of Sarah McBain](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/sarahmcb-24.jpg?itok=nf3BIhSZ)
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July 17, 2023
Op-ed
Why ditching gas cars for electric ones hinges on Canada’s EV sales standard
As the federal government finalizes regulations to speed up electric-car production, it would be sheer folly to get this piece of climate policy wrong![Adam Thorn](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/adam-24.jpg?itok=0EH5Jq1F)