Research & Analysis

Featured All Research & Analysis Publications Articles Media Releases
2010-2023
White electric vehicle charging with a road, forest and mountain visible in the foreground
Transportation
December 12, 2024
Article

Accelerating Canada’s EV Future

2024: A year of progress and opportunity
Adam Thorn Portrait of Lejla Latifović
Cover of Urban Delivery Solutions Initiative 2023 year in review
Transportation
September 4, 2024
Publication

Urban Delivery Solutions Initiative Impact Report

2023: A Year in Review
Adam Thorn
Icon of an electric vehicle displayed on ground of a parking spot
Buildings, Electricity, Transportation
August 23, 2024
Op-ed

If we want more people driving electric, Ontario should make new buildings EV-ready

Canada must ready its domestic markets for the shift to zero-emission vehicles
Adam Thorn
Transportation
March 26, 2024
Media Release

FedEx supports new project mapping charging needs and grid readiness in the GTHA

The Pembina Institute launches initiative to help accelerate fleet electrification
Adam Thorn
Exhaust from diesel-fuelled heavy-duty truck
Transportation
March 20, 2024
Op-ed

The true cost of diesel-powered medium- and heavy-duty vehicles

MHDVs are a disproportionately large contributor to traffic-related air pollution
Adam Thorn
Woman plugs in her electric vehicle.
Transportation
December 20, 2023
Article

Fast and furious

Turns out electric vehicle sales remained strong throughout 2023
Adam Thorn
Transportation
December 19, 2023
Media Release

Federal government’s new EV regulations will boost sales and lower prices

Pembina Institute available for comment
Adam Thorn
New cars in lot
Transportation
December 7, 2023
Op-ed

Canada can’t hit its net-zero goals without phasing out gas-guzzling vehicles

Why did our delegates show up at COP28 without a final plan for getting us off fossil fuel-burning cars?
Adam Thorn
Semitrucks and passenger vehicles on the highway in Canada
Transportation
November 23, 2023
Op-ed

Ambitious, staggered sales mandates a key to meeting zero-emission MHDV targets

Recommendation tops a set of policies Canada needs to steer the MHDV transition
Adam Thorn
November 17, 2023
Publication

Green Budget Coalition

Recommendations for Budget 2024
Portrait of Jessica McIlroy Portrait of Jason Wang various old Pembina Institute logos Portrait of Scott MacDougall various old Pembina Institute logos Adam Thorn
Transportation
November 1, 2023
Media Release

Pembina Institute releases strategy to decarbonize Canada’s highest emitting vehicles

The relentless rise in truck and bus emissions makes it increasingly urgent to develop a national clean transportation plan
Adam Thorn
Cover of Canada’s Pathway to Net-Zero for Trucks and Buses with truck on highway
Transportation
November 1, 2023
Publication

Canada’s Pathway to Net-Zero for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Trucks and Buses

The drive to clean transportation in 2040
various old Pembina Institute logos Adam Thorn Chandan Bhardwaj various old Pembina Institute logos
Cover of British Columbia’s Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero- Emission Vehicles
Transportation
August 8, 2023
Publication

British Columbia’s Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero- Emission Vehicles 2023 Consultation Paper

Pembina Institute comments and recommendations
Chandan Bhardwaj various old Pembina Institute logos Adam Thorn
Electric car plugged into charger next to empty parking space
Transportation
July 17, 2023
Op-ed

Why ditching gas cars for electric ones hinges on Canada’s EV sales standard

As the federal government finalizes regulations to speed up electric-car production, it would be sheer folly to get this piece of climate policy wrong
Adam Thorn
Electric transit bus in Edmonton
Transportation
May 15, 2023
Op-ed

Why Canada needs to put the pedal to the metal on the greening of trucks and buses

A single long-haul truck emits 17 times as much emission than a passenger car - which is why we need to focus on highway’s big dogs to win the high-carbon fight
Adam Thorn