New cars, left, are parked at a car dealership in Quebec City, on Oct. 11, 2024. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
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Canadians are purchasing fewer electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, new data from Statistics Canada suggests.
New vehicle registrations rose 5.9 percent in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year, but new registrations for battery electric vehicles decreased by 39.2 percent during the same timeframe, according to the StatCan report released Sept. 8.
Jennifer Cowan is a writer and editor with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.
