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Canada has frozen all rebate payments for Tesla and banned the electric-vehicle maker from future EV rebate programs, Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday.

Freeland also directed the transport department to revise eligibility requirements for future iZEV programs to ensure that Tesla vehicles are not eligible as long as the "illegitimate and illegal U.S. tariffs are imposed against Canada."

Tesla filed an extraordinary number of EV rebate claims in the final days of the program in January, with a single Tesla dealership in Quebec City claiming nearly C$20 million in public subsidies by documenting more than 4,000 electric vehicle sales over a single weekend.

Toronto stopped providing financial incentives for Tesla vehicles purchased as taxis or ride shares because of trade tensions with the U.S. earlier this month.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

lmao. welp.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I quickly googled online the price for Teslas in Canada and apparently the they're sold at C$ 60k - 150k. How many cars does a single dealership sell over a weekend and how much of a rebate are they getting to make those numbers??

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

a single Tesla dealership in Quebec City claiming nearly C$20 million in public subsidies by documenting more than 4,000 electric vehicle sales over a single weekend

That was in the synopsis above.

Up to $5,000 is available at the point of sale to Canadian individuals and businesses for the purchase or lease of light-duty ZEVs. Most personal vehicles, like cars, SUVs, and light pick-up trucks fall into the light-duty vehicle category.

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/transport/zero-emission-vehicles/zero-emission-vehicles-incentives.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Gee when I read the article yesterday I didn't see that