According to the latest numbers from Transport Canada, the Tesla Model 3 was the top-selling electric vehicle (EV) in seven Canadian provinces during the first 8 months of 2022, Tesla North is reporting.
Tesla Model 3 outsold all other EVs by a wide margin from January through September in six of the seven provinces it topped:
And it tied for first with the Hyundai Ioniq 5 in:
The news also comes despite the Model 3’s lack of eligibility for Transport Canada’s due to its price tag getting bumped out of the country’s eligible incentive range earlier this year.
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The Canadian government’s iZEV program offers a $5,000 CAD rebate on EV purchases up to $55,000 CAD.
With 25,452 of the $5,000 rebate handed out to Canadian EV buyers during the first eight months of 2022, the Model 3 outsold the other EVs in the country.
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And all this without a single dollar in marketing and publicity…quite amazing!
the three provinces give out incentives to buy, so actually all taxpayers are paying for these people to buy these cars. next, can we get comparisons on ALL cars bought in those provinces in that timeline? i would like to see if this is over 1% of the total or not…