What will be interesting are the restrictions on where the BYD vehicles are allowed to go.
e.g. https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/366599/chinese-evs-banned...
Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6%
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Re: Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6%
#12Its only the first 50K that get 6%, still pretty interesting as being physically so close to the US could cause people in the US to get their first look at Chinese cars. Chinese car companies face far more ruthless competition than western ones so could end up making better cars as a result, imo. There are over 100 brands in china selling electric cars
This x1000, I hope this really turns the screws on the US manufacturers, they need to hurt.
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#13Good. This could force Tesla's hand to make super cheap EV. Musk and crew know how to make cheap stuff - they've chosen high margin for Tesla however.
Not good for the brand to chase byd on price
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#14Up to 49,000 vehicles. To put that number in context, in 2024 Candians bought 1,918,861 vehicles of which 264,277 where zero-emissions.
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#15Could an American go up and buy one and drive it back? Any registration or insurance issues?
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#16According to Russian users, Chinese EV works poorly in cold climates. I don't think Canadians prefer EVs anyway.
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#17"Canada has agreed to allow an annual quota of 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the country at the tariff rate of just 6.1%" https://electricautonomy.ca/data-trackers/ev-sales-data/2025... "Canada recorded 45,366 new zero-emission vehicle registrations in Q3 2025, accounting for 9.4 per cent of all new vehicle registrations in the quarter, according to the latest report from Statistics Canada." "Of the total, 26…
In a country with 42 million inhabitants this doesn't seem like a big change even for canada, let alone for the global economy.
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#18Good. This could force Tesla's hand to make super cheap EV. Musk and crew know how to make cheap stuff - they've chosen high margin for Tesla however.
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#19I’m assuming this is downstream of trumps move in Venezuela? Canada suffers the most from US access to Venezuelan oil. On top of all the prior rhetoric and moves by his admin.
What concerns me is why does the west think China is trustworthy? Why are we all fighting one another? Culture is important. China knows this, and is unequivocally Chinese relative to the Europeans.
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#20Another resounding Trump success! No, not of the kayfabe goals that serve as rallying cries for his dwindling band of cultists. But rather success of the goals of our adversaries who helped put Trump in power and seem to primarily inform his policy. (edit to answer the question below, as throttling has set in: China, obviously)
> But rather success of the goals of our adversaries who helped put Trump in power and seem to primarily inform his policy.
Do you have any specifics? Which adversary of yours wants lower-tariff Chinese EVs in Canada?