Canada Freezes $43M in Suspicious Tesla Rebates. Tesla's Claim of 1.5 Sales Per Minute Prompts Government to “Fully Examine Each Claim Individually.” - FuelArc News
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Looks like Tesla’s reliance on government subsidies has finally hit a wall in Canada. After Tesla requested reimbursement for an unprecedented 8,669 Canadian EV rebates in just three days, the Canadian government froze Tesla’s rebate payments and paused all future eligibility for federal rebates. For those keeping score, Tesla claimed to sell 1.5 vehicles per […]

Looks like Tesla’s profiting off government subsidies has finally hit a wall in Canada.

After Tesla requested reimbursement for an unprecedented 8,669 Canadian EV rebates in just three days, the Canadian government froze Tesla’s rebate payments and paused all future eligibility.

For those keeping score, Tesla claimed to sell 1.5 vehicles per minute, a huge spike that came after the company was alerted that the rebate fund would run out.

That means that $43 million in Tesla rebate payments are frozen and future subsidies paused. Read on for the full story!

    • Delphia@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Tesla OWN their own dealerships, I imagine that if each one “Tesla Long Beach” or whatever isnt its own company then the dealerships in each country would be part of one company. The manufacturing plants and car production side of things will be a different company to the home batteries and the dealerships. All with the same parent company.