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Among the measures in today’s Canadian federal budget are both levies on gas guzzlers and rebates for fuel efficient vehicles. Among gas guzzlers the government exempts trucks but classifies a H3 Hummers as a passenger vehicle to which the levy applies. Vehicles receiving rebates fall into two categories:

• New cars getting 6.5 L/100km or better and new light trucks getting 8.3 L/100km or better (both hybrid electric and highly energy efficient vehicles),
  
• New flexible-fuel vehicles with combined fuel consumption E85 ratings of 13.0 L/100km or less will be eligible.
  

The only cars to receive the full $2,000 rebate are the Honda Civic Hybrid, Toyota Prius, and Toyota Camry Hybrid. Among more conventional cars the Toyota Yaris with an automatic or manual transmission receives a $1,000 rebate.
There are four models lists for a $1,000 flexible-fuel rebate eligibility, the Chevrolet Impala FFV, Chevrolet Monte Carlo FFV, and two lines of the Chrysler Sebring FFV. There are currently few E85 filling stations in Canada but the Chevrolet vehicles are built in Oshawa, Ontario.
On the flip-side there will be a charge of $1,000 for passenger vehicles with combined fuel-efficiency ratings no better than 13.0 L/100 km, rising up to a maximum of $4,000 at 16.0 L/100 km.