Tesla Buyers in Nova Scotia, Manitoba Now Denied EV Incentives
People all over North America and Europe are distancing themselves and retaliating against Tesla in one way or another. Two Canadian provinces have just eliminated Elon Musk’s company from their respective electric vehicle rebate programs.
In Nova Scotia, where EV buyers can receive up to $3,000, the Progressive Conservative government—backed by the opposition parties—has excluded Tesla from the list of eligible vehicles due to Musk’s recent political actions and his close ties with U.S. president Donald Trump, who has waged economic war on Canada.
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“This is a small way to take a stand against that,” said Susan LeBlanc, an NDP member of the legislature, as quoted by Canadian Press.
Manitoba is doing the same thing and will also ban Chinese-made EVs from the program it introduced last year. Customers in the province are entitled to rebates of up to $4,000.
“No more Teslas and no rebates for EVs manufactured in China, either. I think that’s something we can all agree on,” Minister of Finance Adrien Sala said.
In British Columbia, where Tesla vehicles stopped qualifying for EV rebates last fall following price hikes, BC Hydro opted on March 12 to exclude Tesla home charging stations and home batteries (Powerwalls) from its rebate program as it takes action “to preference Canadian goods going forward and to exclude, where practicable, U.S. produced goods.”
The Canadian government’s Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program, meanwhile, came to an abrupt halt on January 13 after running out of funds. Its return is uncertain and will depend on the result of the federal election on April 28.