cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/9271804
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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Fuck you Tesla.
At this pace, Tesla could claim a large share of the 24,500 ceiling before the window closes at the end of August.
Fuck no, they actually have to sell the cars and they dropped sales 64% in 2025 and are still dropping, in a market with little competition. No one wants a Tesla.
Okay, but how many Canadians are actually depraved enough to buy Teslas, regardless of where they’re made?
Are unsold Teslas clogging abandoned parking lots in Canada like they are in the US?
edit: Apparently, Tesla moved their existing Canadian inventory of US made Model 3s back to the US to make room for Shanghai Gigafactory Model 3s. https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/3727/tesla-clears-out-model-3-inventory-in-canada-ahead-of-chinese-ev-imports
I’m not sure how this will help, since few Teslas are being sold anyway.
IIRC Tesla vendors were using provincial carbon credits illegally (they were selling car to themselves and grabbing the credit for daddy Musk or something like that). Sadly I cannot find any articles, it was 2-3 years ago
It looks like it was a case of Tesla being behind on the paperwork and then rushing to file all the sales before the deadline.
This is also the irony with the EU EV market. Most Chinese EVs are from European car companies, but made in China, because it is cheaper.
Not exactly, some are being built in EU. Magna is building Xpeng SUVs in Austria.
Also, some of those “European” companies have been Chinese owned for a while. Companies like Geely and SAIC are behind Volvo / Polestar, Lotus, LEVC, MG, Maxus, etc.
Xpeng is clearly a Chinese car company though. I am talking about the BMW iX3, Mini Aceman or Cupra Tavascan. All those are European brands and developed by them, but made in Chinese factories and then shipped to the EU. Pretty sure most people would presume they are made in Germany, UK and Spain or so.
Are these the China-Eletric Vehicle quotas or the China-Electric Vehicle quotas?
