Electric Car Sales Climb in Wake of New $5,000 Federal Rebate Program

Electric Car Sales Climb in Wake of New $5,000 Federal Rebate Program
A car is charged at a charge station for electric vehicles on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 1, 2019. Transport Canada data shows more than 14,000 electric vehicles were purchased in Canada during the first three months of the federal government's new rebate program. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
|Updated:

OTTAWA—Canada’s new rebate program to help make electric cars cheaper appears to be showing early signs of stimulating sales but mostly in the two provinces that require a minimum number of electric car sales.

On May 1, Ottawa began offering rebates of up to $5,000 on the purchase of some electric vehicles in a bid to bring the cost of lower-end models closer to that of their gas-powered cousins.