Statistics Canada and others attributed the drop in EV sales to the disappearance of several government consumer rebate programs that reduced the cost of an EV rather than the United States' 25 per cent tariff on autos or the trade war. Photo by Postmedia

Electric vehicle sales in Canada plummeted in the second quarter even as overall auto sales remained brisk.

Registrations of new battery-EVs dropped 39.2 per cent year over year , while plug-in hybrid EV registrations fell 2.2 per cent, according to Statistics Canada data on Monday.

Overall new vehicle registrations in the second quarter hit 541,566, the highest number since the start of COVID-19 and a 5.9 per cent jump from the same period a year ago.

Statistics Canada and others attributed the drop in EV sales to the disappeara

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