As in many places around the world, Tesla’s sales in Canada falls for months, an obvious reaction to the great role of Elon Musk in Trump’s administration and its repeated denying Canadian sovereignty.
Still, somehow, four Tesla owned MPs reported to the Canadian government that they had sold 8,653 cars enough to qualify for $ 43 million (about $ 30 million) in one weekend in January in January in January in January.
Now the Canadian government wants to know exactly that the electric car manufacturer has been able to move two cars for a minute from his plots – a rate that assumes that these four dealers remained open 24 hours from January 10 to January 12.
These payments were frozen this month after Mark Carney became the Prime Minister of Canada and appointed a new traffic minister who ordered officials “to fully examine each request individually and determine whether everyone is eligible and valid.” The minister, Chrystia Freeland, said “no payments were made until we were convinced that the requirements were valid.”
The subsidy program expired, but Mrs. Freeland, targeting Trump’s administration, said that if there was a new one, Teslas would not be acceptable “until an illegitimate and illegal US tariff is imposed against Canada.”
Tesla’s gain was a loss for some of his competitors.
A breathtaking company for some of its distributors in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec exhausted the funds from the Rabat Program, which led to the end before the end of the end of March 31. As a result, estimates the Canadian Commercial Cars Association, 225 dealers who sell other brands failed to ask for about $ 10 million in Canadian dollars, which has put some of them in financial danger.
“When watching $ 43 million over the weekend, the investigation is definitely justified,” said Huw Williams, a spokesman for the merchants association. “The level of transactions simply has no common sense.”
Tesla did not answer the commentary request. The Toronto star first reported on claims about sales hurry, which were published on the Government website that accompanies the payment of the Rabat.
According to the Government plan, which began in 2019, merchants took up Rabate up to $ 5,000 when they sold electric vehicles before reporting to purchasing information – including customer names and vehicle identification numbers – the Government for compensation.
Torrent of Tesla’s claim began on January 10th after the transport of Canada warned traders across the country that he would run out of money before the end of March. By Monday morning, the bill was empty and the program was closed.
About 1,000 merchants who sold other brands submitted requests during that weekend, but Tesla made up about 88 percent of the applications.
“How did Tesla magically know he hit that number?” asked Mr. Williams, referring to drying out the remaining means of the Rabat program.
While some merchants have lodged requests before being submitted by the Government, said Mr. Williams, Tesla’s rush “does not fit any pattern for Tesla to go back.”
He also said it was physically impossible for four Tesla MPs to hold thousands of cars on hand.
Mr. Williams said Mrs. Freeland told her group that the traders who had missed after Tesla had emptied the fund ultimately to make up for it, but for how long it could be unclear.
Tesla has become special The source of anger among the CanadiaNS since President Trump began to impose tariffs Canada and urged Canada to become 51. The attachment was also advocated by Mr. Musk, who holds Canadian citizenship and lived in Canada before moving to the United States.
An online petition calling for the Canadian government to revoke Mr. Musk citizenship, has attracted hundreds of thousands of signatures.
More than 80 Teslav was vandalized, tires were breaking through, and the color scratched in a dealer in Hamilton, Ontario, this month. The Tesla exit in Montreal was lined with pink. And in Vancouver car organizers forbidden a company for concerns about possible protests and vandalism.
Four Canada provinces have excluded Tesla this year from their electric vehicles of the Rabat of electric vehicles this year.
At least one Tesla competitor tries to make antipathy. Polestar, a Swedish manufacturer EV based in Sweden, offers Canadians a $ 5,000 discount if they can prove that they are registered by Tesla owners.
