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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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

There are Canadian MAGA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_separatism

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Really the majority of people buying Teslas nowadays just don't care / don't know better... like "I don't do politics" people or "I'm not an Elon Musk fanboy I'm just buying a car".

The slimiest ones will go for the Cybertruck of course, but people still buying Model 3's are just everyday idiots, not Maple MAGA (these folks prefer their F150 and similar stupid trucks)

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The "I'm not political" people are almost as bad as the far-right in a way, because they see the world burning around them and demonstrate that they don't stand for anything, and can be convinced to vote for the far-right with a tax break dangled in front of them.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, I don't disagree. I different type of problem but still a major problem. Don't even need real tax breaks, usually just tough on crime rhetorics and zero action suffices

[–] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

MAGA hate EV, they love oil, coal, and being grifted.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

thats why they have thier giant F-150 monstrosities, or equivalent, sometimes lifted. most of them are lifted to varying degrees.

[–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago

I'm an Albertan, I am all too painfully aware. Even Maple MAGA however would never buy a Tesla on account of the fact that driving an electric in oil country is a bad idea. If it's not belching smoke they don't want it, so the only market for them is people with a lot of money, not much intelligence, and a deathwish. That's a very small and already heavily saturated market.