In Saanich, burning fossil fuels for personal vehicle transportation is the biggest source of GHG emissions in our community. Access help for making a switch to active, public, or renewable transportation today!
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Active, public, and shared mobility rebates -
- Visit www.scrapit.ca for details of the rebates below (Terms apply and programs change frequently.)
- $750 Scrap a car for an e-bike rebate (read more about e-bikes)
- $880 for an 11 month BC Transit Ecopass
- $500 carshare credit
- PST exemption on e-bikes (new as of April 21, 2021)
- Saanich Community E-bike Incentive Pilot Program
- $1700 for fleet cargo e-bikes
- Children 12 and under ride free on BC Transit
- Kid's bikes lending library by donation from Capital Bikes
Electric vehicle (EV) rebates – visit www.pluginbc.ca for details. (Terms apply and programs change frequently.)
- up to $5,000 Federal iZEV program
- up to $4,000 Provincial CleanBC Go Electric/Clean Energy Vehicle Program (income-qualified)
- $2,000-$5,000 SUVI for low speed vehicles and electric motorcycles
- Up to $100,000 or 33% of the price for Specialty Use Vehicles (e.g. busses, cargo e-bikes, utility trucks)
- Up to one-third of ZEV and/or infrastructure costs through the CleanBC Go Electric Commercial Vehicle Pilots Program
Fleet electrification - visit https://pluginbc.ca/go-electric-fleets/ for details (terms apply). This program is open to B.C. registered companies, non-profit organizations and public entities and provides funding, training, and other support for deploying zero emission fleets.
EV Charging rebates – (Terms apply and programs change frequently.)
Federal Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program for public places, on-street, multi-unit residential buildings, workplaces and light duty fleets. Provides 50% of costs up to specific maximums by project type for for Level 2, Fast Chargers, and hydrogen refuelling stations. (Multiple intakes per year - check eligibility requirements for each intake.)
CleanBC Go Electric EV Charger Rebate Program
- Homes (single family homes, townhomes, or duplexes)
- 50% of costs up to $350
- Apartments/Condos
- EV Ready rebates
- EV Ready plan: 75% of costs up to $3,000 PLUS Saanich's $1,000 top up
- EV Ready infrastructure: 50% of costs up to $600 per stall (and max $80,000 per strata PLUS Saanich's $100/stall top up
- EV chargers: 50% of costs up to $1,400 per charger (and max $14,000 per strata)
- Standalone EV charger rebate
- Up to $56,000 for chargers ($14,000 per building, up to four buildings)
- Workplaces
- Up to 50% of those costs, to a maximum of $2,000 per charger, and $14,000 per workplace.
- A business can apply for a maximum of four of their workplace sites, resulting in a maximum project rebate of $56,000.
- Public charger rebates
- Up to $130,000 for public DC Fast Chargers plus additional funding for Level 2 Stations
- Businesses, non-profits, local governments, Indigenous communities or public sector organizations may apply
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