No. There are genuine problems with EVs in the kind of cold and snow Canada sees in the heartland and up north. But you’ll see lots of EVs in Vancouver, where weather is moderate.
That wasn’t my point. My point was when you bring the Ikea boxes home and assemble them, that doesn’t make you a manufacturer. That’s the case in Australia, the cars are assembled in Australia like Ikea furniture.
Canadians buy 2M vehicles a year. This deal only allows in 50,000.
When Xpeng wanted to sell in EU, they had to assemble the cars in Austria with Canada’s Magna.
So why is Magna making Chinese EVs in Austria, but not in Canada?
According to Statistics Canada, 264,000 EV’s were sold in 2024.
50,000 of those potentially being Chinese EVs is not a small percentage. That is a significant chunk of our yearly EV sales.
The only reason why EV sales are not higher is we only get overpriced Nazi garbage for the most part.
No. There are genuine problems with EVs in the kind of cold and snow Canada sees in the heartland and up north. But you’ll see lots of EVs in Vancouver, where weather is moderate.
there are tons of EVs in Southern Ontario.
50000 on year one. More later
cause EU is better at negotiating I guess
Assembled in Australis is like saying your ikea furniture was manufactured in your living room.
JFC Lemmy…
Walk around an ikea. Look at the labels, most of the large furniture pieces are made locally in the same province they are sold.
That wasn’t my point. My point was when you bring the Ikea boxes home and assemble them, that doesn’t make you a manufacturer. That’s the case in Australia, the cars are assembled in Australia like Ikea furniture.