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Amazon Rivian electric delivery vans arrive in Canada

(cleantechnica.com)
55 points TMWNN | 1 comments | 02 Nov 25 20:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | source
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heresie-dabord ◴[03 Nov 25 01:09 UTC] No.45794938[source]▶
> rumor is that it’s possible another big step forward could be coming to The Great White North. Canada may drop its 100% tariffs on China-produced electric vehicles. If that was to happen, the country could get access to all manner of high-tech, unbelievably affordable, ridiculously compelling electric vehicles

For the sake of the Ontario automotive industry and its workers, Canada would probably not eliminate the tariff on Chinese EVs.

But a significant reduction would make sense.

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1. Sytten ◴[03 Nov 25 01:18 UTC] No.45794987[source]▶
On the contrary, we need to drop all tariff but enforce a % of manufacturing in Canada. That way we can kick out the American manufacturers and the Chinese can take over those factories. This is the same strategy that the US did with Japanese car compagnies.