Manitoba Will Introduce an EV Discount Program Offering up to $4,000

• The Manitoba government will begin offering an EV discount of up to $4,000 on purchase of an electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle.

In early October, the New Democratic Party won the Manitoba election, bringing a First Nations representative to the helm of the province for the first time. 

The new NDP government will present its first budget this week, and a few details of what it will contain have already leaked out. 

One of them concerns the automotive industry, more electric vehicles (and plug-in hybrids). Car buyers will be entitled to a discount of up to $4,000 on purchase of an EV. 

Manitoba thus becomes the seventh province to offer a rebate on purchase of an electric vehicle, after British Columbia, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. That's not counting Ontario, which once offered an electric discount before killing the program. 

Terms and conditions of the program are yet to be spelled out, including the selling price at which EVs will qualify. We can expect this to be in line with the rules of the federal government, which has set its price at $65,000. 

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