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Re:Tesla Canada says its shady $43M incentive grab was a mis... by kibibu on Friday April 11, 2025 @12:19AM (#43650479)
> The government abruptly shut down the public subsidy program with insufficient funds to cover cars sold.

How would the Government know whether they had insufficient funds if nobody had put in their rebate claims?

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Re:Tesla Canada says its shady $43M incentive grab was a mis... by s1artibartfast on Friday April 11, 2025 @12:46AM (#43650583)
The program had been running since 2019, so the government knew, or should have known.

Trending would be an easy way. For example: if you get $1 million in rebates per day and the average rebate is 90 days old, you probably have 90 million outstanding. Accounting 101.

The common practice is announce that rebates will not be offered on future sales, not refusing to reimburse for past sales.

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