{
  "id": 19842222,
  "title": "More electric vehicles exempt from luxury tax, Ottawa says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/more-electric-vehicles-exempt-from-luxury-tax-ottawa-says",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T17:59:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Global News",
    "slug": "global-news-globalnews",
    "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12149701/electric-vehicles-luxury-tax/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced on Friday that electric vehicles costing less than $150,000 will be exempt from Canada's luxury tax, increasing the price threshold from the original $100,000. This decision reflects the higher upfront cost of zero-emission vehicles and supports the global shift to electric vehicles. According to the Canadian Automobile Association, the average price of a new electric vehicle in Canada is around $50,000, but some models exceed $100,000. Despite this, zero-emission vehicles only made up 3.5% of Canada's registered light-duty vehicles in 2025, with over 58,000 new registrations that year. Budget 2026 will invest $587 million over five years to install more than 55,000 EV chargers, further expanding the availability of federally supported chargers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}