Open this photo in gallery: EV sales in Canada were up 39 per cent for the first nine months of 2024 compared to the same period last yearJustin Tang/The Canadian Press Last year was the best year for global electric vehicle sales. According to Rho Motion, a London-based EV research firm 17.1 million EVs were sold last year, a 25-per-cent increase compared to 2023. December also marked the fourth consecutive month of record sales with sales of 1.9 million EVs worldwide. Although fourth-quarter EV sales figures for 2024 aren’t yet available from Statistics Canada, sales were up 39 per cent...