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Tesla Claimed 8,669 Canadian EV Rebates as the Program Ran Out of Funds… That’s 1.5 Sales Per Minute (fuelarc.com)

submitted 1 day ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Between January 10 and January 12, after being warned that an EV rebate program was running out of funds, Tesla dealerships in Canada managed to claim 8,669 individual iZEV EV rebates, or about $43 million CAD in incentives. That’s a staggering number of sales to log in a single weekend, about 1.5 sales per minute. Let's dig into the numbers.

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[–] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 178 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Seize Tesla and Elon Musk owned property to make up the difference for obvious fraud.

[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 53 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

eminent domain seizure and fucking liquidate them

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Liquify*

[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago

i mean, that TOO.