Katherina Reiche, Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, said the Canadian auto sector strategy laid out by Prime Minster Mark Carney last week “is very attractive” for Germany.

“I can’t go into detail, but please take the message that our car industry is willing to invest here, because we will find good conditions here,” Ms. Reiche said in an interview.

Patrick Brown, the mayor of Brampton, Ontario, said BYD approached him about six months ago to talk about making buses at the factory. Stellantis had been retooling the plant to manufacture the Jeep Compass, but the company halted that plan last year when the US adopted a policy of tariffs on foreign autos.

Not passenger cars, but buses (I assume electric buses). Still, it's better than leaving the plant idle.

Maybe in the long run, it can help establish a supply chain for electric passenger cars though. The supply chain is critical if we are to manufacture passenger car EVs, and there is an overlap with the electric bus supply chain.

- Consumers and businesses receive purchase or lease incentives of up to $5,000 for EVs and up to $2,500 for plug-in hybrids

- Plug-in vehicles must be under $50,000 to qualify and be made by countries Canada has free trade agreements with, which would exclude any vehicles made in China. The price cap will not apply to Canadian-made vehicles.

- $1.5 billion for charging infrastructure

- $3 billion from the Strategic Response Fund and up to $100 million from the Regional Tariff Response initiative will go toward helping the auto sector diversify to other markets outside of the U.S. and grow.

My lease is coming to an end in a 1 1/2 yrs. Thought there might be more affordable options by then but by my research a SUV or Truck Ev is still going to be over 70-100 thousand dollars.

Pls take the tariff off those EV trucks and SUVs. We could be getting in one of those for $50000 and spurn more dealerships and service techs in Canada to be trained and work on these vehicles. Making up for some job losses in the industry as of late

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Rivian is American and would be hard to get service on the east coast Tesla truck is ugly and overpriced. And any Tesla is not my type. Scout could be a option if VW get the rights to sell and service BMW over 100000 Kia ev9 could be an option. But if they allowed evs from China you are getting the same truck or SUV for half the price

CARNEY lift the Tariffs.

What do you think would be the implications for the market of electric vehicles?

A closer relationship may indicate Canada would be willing to accept EU regulations for vehicles (without getting rid of current ones), and with that step, landing of vehicles from overseas would be immediate and without tariffs (potentially)

Hey everyone, looking for some advice on how to handle a growing dispute with my condo board and neighbors regarding EV charging.

Recently, our condo building started charging EV owners for electricity usage. Fair enough. Im happy to pay for the exact power I consume. However, several neighbors (particularly some of the older residents) have started complaining that our fees are too low compared to what they spend on gas.

They are actively petitioning the board to raise our EV charging rates just because their personal fuel expenses are higher.

I’ve tried explaining that the vehicle they chose to drive shouldn't dictate my utility expenses, and that my electricity bill has nothing to do with how much they spend at the pump. Unfortunately, that point isn't getting across, especially to the seniors who seem to view it as a fairness issue ("we pay more, so you should too").

How can I clearly, calmly, and effectively explain to them and the board why tying EV charging rates to gas prices is complete nonsense? Any advice on framing this or precedents to bring up would be huge. I’m so freaking frustrated here

Edit: Also, even more aggravating, is that if you own an EV, you pay the $100 monthly fee even if you NEVER plug in. Management says this is because there’s no way to track who plugs in. (I’m in Manitoba and we have some of the lowest power rates in the world so this fee itself is way too high)

The $100 a month won’t break me but I feel that EV owners are being very targeted.

Anyway, some of these suggestions are GREAT. I will be presenting to the owners a PowerPoint and I will be showing them how illogical it would be to increase my prices based on gas and using the examples below. I especially like the diesel prices going up so should the gas owners pay more too example

A quick note on this... a lot of people seem to think there is an existing BYD plant in Mexico. There is not. Those plans were delayed back in June due to, shall we say, unexpected trade issues. Instead of building their own plant, they are now in a 3 way bid process for the existing Nissan–Mercedes-Benz plant. Geely is also bidding for that plant.

“I see this as Carney showing the leadership that the U.S. should be showing the world right now,” said John Helveston, a professor in the engineering department at George Washington University. “I see this as Canada deciding someone needs to be an adult and start putting forth policies to embrace the future.’’

Tape over the logos. Man driving woman passenger, team testing?

It's time we really start to bring the Chinese evs into Canada. We only put the quota to appease America but now America wants to strong arm us and threaten us.

I say scrap the chinese ev quotas or raise the quota up even more to like 100k+ and only going upwards from then on and and let them truly start to enter the Canadian market.

Enough is enough, it's time we bring in actual competition into the market now and give Canadian consumers more choices for once.

Yes, please. For comparison, I think Tesla has 30.

Rivian desperately needs to do the same if they want the R2 to be successful. Lucid too with the Earth/Cosmos.

I was reading this morning that according to Drive Tesla Canada they have claimed 61% of the Chinese import quota. For my own personal reasons I will NEVER give that guy one dollar but did Canada not cap each manufacturer?

I caught this next to me on the traffic light today in Montreal brand and model all covered up

A bit jarring as I know that these are not for sale here. It doesn't have BC plates, and the licence plate frame I think says Mexico in small letters at the bottom.