Canada Freezes $43M in Suspicious Tesla Rebates. Tesla's Claim of 1.5 Sales Per Minute Prompts Government to “Fully Examine Each Claim Individually.” - FuelArc News
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Looks like Tesla’s reliance on government subsidies has finally hit a wall in Canada. After Tesla requested reimbursement for an unprecedented 8,669 Canadian EV rebates in just three days, the Canadian government froze Tesla’s rebate payments and paused all future eligibility for federal rebates. For those keeping score, Tesla claimed to sell 1.5 vehicles per […]

Looks like Tesla’s reliance on government subsidies has finally hit a wall in Canada.

After Tesla requested reimbursement for an unprecedented 8,669 Canadian EV rebates in just three days, the Canadian government froze Tesla’s rebate payments and paused all future eligibility for federal rebates while tariffs are in place.

Read the full details and the fallout here.

  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
    8·
    6 days ago

    Yes. I do trust the Canadian government to be much more fair than the current American government. Which kinda sucks, since I’m American, but still.

    • KayLeadfoot@fedia.ioOP
      5·
      6 days ago

      I’m American too. I trust they’ll be fair (in a free and open society, it is dangerous for an arbiter to not be fair, hard to get reelected if you seem like a fraud to your electorate). I do not trust they’ll be friendly. They’re going to audit those records as hard as they’ve audited anything in a generation.