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Canada is getting BYD folks, you love to see it (www.ctvnews.ca)
submitted 1 month ago by fox@hexbear.net to c/canada@hexbear.net
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Canada is dropping the EV tariffs and will be importing 50k Chinese EVs per year. Carney quoted as saying by 2030 an EV in Canada will cost $35k which is a sure shot more affordable than buying the latest $80000 Child Obliterator

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[-] fox@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago

It's 1k more than Tesla sold in Canada last year, and it's a ramping-up number year-over-year. Also, the comparison must be made to how many EVs were sold in Canada, not how many cars overall, and this is basically an extra 25-30% of the total EV supply sold in 2024.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago

that is an excellent point. thank you

[-] fox@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

As an addendum, if EVs are forced to become cheaper, all other cars must follow or go unsold. This is also a strategic entry for Chinese EVs into North America. They're such overwhelmingly better cars that they make all American cars look bad in comparison.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

BYD sold ~100k cars in Mexico in 2025 (but I think many were PHEV)

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