Tesla has used about 12% of Canada’s first-window quota for Chinese-built EVs, the only automaker yet to move volume under the new system announced last January.
Global Affairs Canada data show 2,910 vehicles imported under the quota as of May 29, against a cap of 24,500 for the window that opened March 1 and runs to August 31.
The figures leave 21,590 permits available.
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Car shipments from Shanghai adds roughly four to six weeks, so even permits filed on day one would not have landed cars much before mid-spring.
The 2,910 figure equals 11.9% of the window’s allocation, and competitors have yet to register a single unit.
At this pace, Tesla could claim a large share of the 24,500 ceiling before the window closes at the end of August.
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I don’t because Musk was always an ass. Even before he supported Trump and came out as a Nazi.
i actually never jumped on the fanboy bandwagion when he was at the height of his popularity, there was always something so disengenious about him, it was pretty much unforgivable when he ruined californias chances of a highs speed rail with his HYPERLOOP scam, after the “cave pedo incident”
There was a time when the media lionized him, I can forgive people that because I can’t expect everyone to research every public figure in depth.