Less Than 5 Percent of Newly Purchased Vehicles by Feds Were Electric: Records

An electric vehicle is charged in Ottawa on July 13, 2022. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

Of nearly 3,000 newly purchased vehicles by Canada’s federal departments and agencies in the last two years, less than 5 percent were electric, records show.

In a recently-tabled Inquiry of Ministry, the Liberal cabinet told Parliament that out of the 2,899 vehicles bought by federal departments and agencies in the past two years, 137 were electric.