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Re:Tesla Canada says its shady $43M incentive grab was a mis... by apical_dendrite on Thursday April 10, 2025 @11:42PM (#43650311)
The average auto dealer is a local, family business. They can be pretty big as local businesses go, but they're nowhere near the scale of Tesla.

It makes a lot more sense for a local dealer to be slow, especially if EVs only make up a small percentage of their business.

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Re:Tesla Canada says its shady $43M incentive grab was a mis... by s1artibartfast on Friday April 11, 2025 @02:41AM (#43651112)
Sure. Lots of Canadian dealers rushed to get them in. 72 million in rebates were claimed in the 48 hours after the government announced the program would close, and 40% of that was other dealers.

Tesla isn't the bad guy in this situation, the government is. The government is the one stiffing dealers for the rebate on cars already sold.

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