Electric models, and the hybrid or gas car next to them

The cost catalogue stores trims. The LEAF S and S+, two EV6s, two Polestar 2s and two Silverado EV trims are four model lines, not eight. Those 64 battery-electric trims collapse to 60 model lines on this page.

A roundup that starts from “about 69 Canadian electrics” and then marks the Lightning, Silverado EV, Sierra EV, Hummer EV pickup, R1T and Cybertruck as missing has the catalogue backwards. Those six are already in the cost list. The VinFast VF 9 is the other way around: the VF 8 is in the list, and the VF 9 is not.

This file is wider than that 69-row set on purpose. It splits the EQE and EQS into sedan and SUV, and it adds model lines that roundup skipped: Cadillac Vistiq, Hummer EV SUV, Tesla Model S, Lucid Gravity, Jeep Wagoneer S, Jeep Recon, Volvo EX60, BMW iX3, Lexus ES, Lotus Eletre and the Ram ProMaster EV. The Lexus ES and the Toyota bZ Woodland were already in the calculator.

iZEV closed. EVAP replaced it on 16 February 2026. The current battery-electric amount is $5,000, for a final transaction value of $50,000 or less, and only when the vehicle is built in Canada or a free-trade country. Freight and PDI sit outside that cap on the vehicles we have checked. China-built cars fail even when the sticker is under $50,000. The Model 3 page is the worked example.

A note that says a model “qualifies for the $5,000 iZEV rebate” is wrong on both the name and, for anything over the cap, the amount. Luxury rows on this page are over the cap. Rebate status for a car that is in the cost list lives on its vehicle page.

The calculator was built for a first electric comparison around the rebate cap. Mercedes-EQ, the BMW iX, the Cadillac Lyriq, the Genesis Electrified GV70, and Tesla Model S and Model X are in the cost list now, one trim each. Porsche, Lucid, Audi's PPE cars, the larger Cadillacs, the BMW i5 and i7, and the cargo vans are still outside it. Almost all of them sit over the $50,000 cap, so they do not appear on the EVAP list. The commercial vans are a different buyer.

They are not absent from the market. CAA’s for-sale table and Electric Autonomy’s tracker both carry them. This page is the holding list. A trim moves into the vehicle catalogue when we have a Canadian MSRP, a battery or fuel figure, and a source date. A CAA sticker on its own is not that.

A few status notes that a “fully available” label hides: the F-150 Lightning is leftover inventory, the Prologue is limited to select dealers in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec and is ending after the 2026 model year, the ID. Buzz skipped the 2026 model year, and Premium Model 3 orders are paused. The EQB, EQE and EQS still have 2025 prices on the CAA table, while Electric Autonomy’s current Mercedes list has moved to the electric CLA and the G 580.

Same nameplate first: Equinox EV against the gas Equinox, Niro EV against the Niro Hybrid, F-150 Lightning against the F-150 PowerBoost and the gas F-150. Same brand next, when the electric model has no gas twin: the Mach-E against the Escape, not against a Honda. Another brand is a segment benchmark. A Tucson plug-in is not the direct alternative to an Equinox EV.

A few pairs that look direct and are not: the Electrified GV70 is the electric GV70, not a hybrid twin of itself. The gas GV70 is the alternative. The Ram ProMaster EV is an electric cargo van, not a hybrid alternative to the eSprinter. A Pacifica plug-in is not the alternative to an E-Transit. The gas Camry is gone. Every 2026 Camry in Canada is a hybrid, so the Model 3’s gas benchmark is a Civic, not a Camry.

• Genesis Electrified G80. Discontinued in North America. Genesis Canada's electric pair for 2026 is the GV60 and the Electrified GV70. Do not add it back as an available sedan.
• Acura ZDX. Acura dropped the ZDX. Electric Autonomy's Acura column is empty. It was the Acura twin of the Honda Prologue.
• Audi Q8 e-tron. Not on CAA's for-sale table or Electric Autonomy's current Audi list. The current Audi electrics are Q4, Q6, A6 e-tron and e-tron GT.
• Jaguar I-PACE. CAA still shows a 2024 I-PACE price. That is leftover stock of a cancelled model, not a current model line to add.
• Cadillac Celestiq. Coachbuilt flagship. CAA lists it around $530,000 for 2026. Left off the shopper table. It does not change a rebate or a family comparison.
• Rolls-Royce Spectre. Electric Autonomy lists it as deliverable. CAA's for-sale table does not. Left off until a Canadian price is on a primary list.
• Maserati GranTurismo, GranCabrio and Grecale Folgore. Electric Autonomy lists the three Folgore models as deliverable. CAA's for-sale table does not. Left off until a Canadian price is on a primary list.
• BYD. No Canadian MSRP and no cars for sale. The site already explains the China import quota and why a future BYD would miss EVAP. Add a row only when a named trim has a published Canadian price.

Priced later, with no Canadian sticker stored yet:

• Ford Fathom. Midsize electric pickup aimed at Canada for 2027. Pre-orders are not open. Covered on the electric trucks page. No CAA price yet.
• Porsche Cayenne Electric. Electric Autonomy files it as due. Not on the CAA price table. The Macan Electric is the Porsche electric SUV you can price today.
• Mercedes-Benz electric GLB and GLC. On Electric Autonomy's upcoming list. The EQB and EQE SUV rows above are the older EQ cars, not these.
• Toyota Highlander electric. On Electric Autonomy's due list. Not on the CAA price table. The bZ and bZ Woodland are the Toyota electrics already in the calculator.
• Rivian R2. Smaller Rivian, not yet a Canadian price. The R1T is in the calculator. The R1S is on this list and still out of the calculator.
• Kia PV5. Electric van on the later tracker list. Not a Canadian price yet. The EV3, EV4 and EV5 are the Kia electrics already in the calculator.

The rows live in lib/data/market-matrix.json. Change a note, add a model line, or point a hybrid at a catalogue slug, then run npm test. The test checks that every battery-electric trim in the calculator appears on exactly one row, that every slug exists, and that a same-brand alternative is not also filed as a segment benchmark.

To put a missing model into the cost calculator, add a trim in lib/data/vehicles.ts with a new slug, a Canadian price, and a source date. Then add that slug to the matching row in the JSON. Slugs that are already published stay as they are.

Sources retrieved Oct 31, 2026: CAA EV Buyer's Guide, models automakers say are for sale in Canada; Electric Autonomy Canada EV Tracker; Driving.ca, Volkswagen skips the 2026 ID. Buzz; Honda Canada, 2026 Prologue; Drive Tesla Canada, Prologue sales end after the 2026 model year; Driving.ca, 2026 Forester and Forester Hybrid Canadian pricing; Charge News, Kia Niro ends in Canada after 2026; Toyota Canada, 2026 Camry is hybrid only.