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Volume 68, No. 19

198/2025

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

November 18, 2025

B.C. Reg. 198/2025 , deposited November 18, 2025, under the ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES ACT [section 43]. Order in Council 519/2025, approved and ordered November 18, 2025.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Zero-Emission Vehicles Regulation, B.C. Reg. 196/2020, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— A. DIX, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions ; R. PARMAR, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 6.1 (b) (

i) and (ii) of the Zero-Emission Vehicles Regulation, B.C. Reg. 196/2020, is amended by striking out " 241 km " and substituting " 150 km ".

Section 6.2 (b) (ii) is repealed and the following substituted:

(ii) PHEVs with a range of at least

(A) 16 km, in the case of a PHEV of the model year 2026, 2027 or 2028, or

(B) 80 km, in the case of a PHEV of the model year 2029 or a later model year.

Section 6.3 (

b) is repealed and the following substituted:

(

b) zero-emission vehicles of the model year 2026 or a later model year that are

(

i) BEVs with a range of less than 150 km,

(ii) EREVs with a range of less than 80 km,

(iii) FCEVs with a range of less than 150 km, or

(iv) PHEVs with a range of less than

(A) 16 km, in the case of a PHEV of the model year 2026, 2027 or 2028, or

(B) 80 km, in the case of the model year 2029 or a later model year.

Section 12 is amended in the table by repealing items 9 to 17 and substituting the following as indicated:

Item

Column 1

Model Year

Column 2

Compliance ratio

27.7%

41.2%

56.1%

68.3%

69.9%

71.4%

72.9%

74.5%

75%

Section 14.1 is repealed and the following substituted:

Supply of ZEVs – issuance of credits on or after October 1, 2026

14.1

(1) This

section applies to an issuance of credits, under

section 13 (1) of the Act, that takes effect on or after October 1, 2026, regardless of whether a supplier applied for the credits under

section 13 (1) (

a) of the Act before that date.

(2) The number of credits that the director may issue in relation to the supply of each new ZEV Class A vehicle is one.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the number of credits that the director may issue in relation to the supply of each new ZEV Class B vehicle is as follows:

(

a) in the case of an EREV, one;

(

b) in the case of a PHEV of the model year 2026, one;

(

c) in the case of a PHEV of the model year 2027 or 2028, 0.5;

(

d) in the case of a PHEV of the model year 2029 or a later model year, one.

(4) The director may issue an additional 0.5 credits in relation to the supply of each new PHEV with a range of at least

(a) 50 km, in the case of a PHEV of the model year 2027, or

(b) 60 km, in the case of a PHEV of the model year

Section 15 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by adding the following

definitions:

"charging credit" means a credit for use by the consumer at a public charging network of the supplier’s choice;

"consumer" means the consumer in a consumer sale;

"level 2 home charging station" means a home charging station that is

(

a) designed to be a permanent installation,

(

b) hardwired or plug-in,

(

c) capable of charging a zero-emission vehicle using 240V, and

(

d) equipped with a connector type that meets the requirements of either of the following:

(

i) SAE standard J3400;

(ii) SAE standard J1772;

"MSRP" means the manufacturer’s suggested retail price for a vehicle;

"public charging infrastructure project" means a project to install new public charging stations in British Columbia that

(

a) are fixed devices capable of charging zero-emission vehicles of any make and model that are equipped with a compatible charging port or the necessary adaptor,

(

b) use direct current or 240V,

(

c) if there are two or more charging stations at a single public charging site, are capable of being used simultaneously,

(

d) use or are configured to use the Open Charge Point protocol,

(

e) are available for use by any member of the public during their hours of operations,

(

f) do not require users to be members of a public charging network, and

(

g) are intended to be in operation for at least 5 years after installation;

"public charging network" means a network of public charging sites that are available for use by any member of the public during their hours of operation;

"SAE" means the Society of Automotive Engineers;

"SAE standard J1772" means SAE standard J1772_202401 entitled SAE Electric Vehicle and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Conductive Charge Coupler , as amended from time to time;

"SAE standard J3400" means SAE standard J3400_202409 entitled North American Charging System (NACS) for Electric Vehicles , as amended from time to time; ,

(

b) by repealing subsection (3) (

c) and substituting the following:

(

c) the consumer sale in British Columbia of new ZEV Class A and ZEV Class B vehicles to a carsharing organization, other than a carsharing organization that is an affiliate of the supplier, at a discount of at least 25% as compared to the MSRP for the zero-emission vehicles; ,

(

c) in subsection (3) by adding the following paragraphs:

(

d) the consumer sale in British Columbia of new ZEV Class A and ZEV Class B vehicles at a discount of at least 5% as compared to the MSRP for the zero-emission vehicles;

(

e) the consumer sale in British Columbia of new ZEV Class A and ZEV Class B vehicles, with the purchase financed by an interest-free or low interest loan provided by the supplier;

(

f) the consumer sale in British Columbia of new ZEV Class A or ZEV Class B vehicles, with either of the following provided along with each consumer sale:

(

i) a complimentary level 2 home charging station;

(ii) a complimentary charging credit of at least 2 000 kWh that does not expire for at least two years;

(

g) an investment by the supplier in a public charging infrastructure project. ,

(

d) by adding the following subsection:

(3.1) In deciding whether to enter into an agreement under

section 14 (2) of the Act with a supplier in respect of an action described in subsection (3) (d), (

e) or (f), the director must consider the affordability to the consumer of the zero-emission vehicles described in those paragraphs. , and

(

e) by repealing subsection (4) and substituting the following:

(4) The director must not issue to a supplier, pursuant to an agreement under

section 14 (2) of the Act,

(

a) for the model year 2020, a number of credits that exceeds 5% of the total of the numbers of ZEV units determined for that supplier in accordance with

section 11 (1) and (2) of the Act, for that model year,

(

b) for the model year 2021, 2022, 2023 or 2024, a number of credits that exceeds 5% of the total of the numbers of ZEV units determined for that supplier in accordance with

section 11 (1) and (2) of the Act, for the previous model year, and

(

c) for all other model years, a number of credits that exceeds 20% of the total of the numbers of ZEV units determined for that supplier in accordance with

section 11 (1) and (2) of the Act, for the previous model year.

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