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.

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    5 days ago

    One store in ontario had 1200 in one day and a store in quebec 4000 during a week-end so i vote for fraud

    It would not surprise either if a lot of the swastikar vandalism was assurance fraud too

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      That’s the number they sent, we don’t know the sales dates on those so maybe they were just super bad at submitting the paperwork…

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        5 days ago

        The rebate is quite large. $5,000 or thereabouts in most cases. The company also fronts that money to the customer, and then claims reimbursement from the government.

        Have you ever known any business to delay in collecting $5,000, particularly when it is sitting as a liability on their books until they collect? Much less to do that more than 8,000 times?

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        4 days ago

        And risk losing the money? No, my friend. Safer to assume it’s fraud.