BYD is actively scouting 20 dealership locations across Canada, starting in Toronto, after Ottawa slashed Chinese EV tariffs from 100% to 6.1% in January.
  • olbaidiablo @lemmy.ca
    2·
    7 hours ago

    I’ve always said, my next car will be an ev. Well, I just paid off my 2018 Ford escape. My next car will probably be another compact SUV. Probably an EV. I would also like an electric motorcycle too.

  • SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    11 hours ago

    Been meaning to post this somewhere. These are the cars currently made in Canada

    https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/industry-sector-intelligence/manufacturing-industries/canadian-automotive-industry

    I believe given how aggressive the Chinese manufacturers has been with the impending launch that the current limits is probably going to opened substantially and Carney trying to slip enough through before Trump tries to completely pulls the plug on the current manufacturing that is shipped to America.

  • Guy Ingonito@reddthat.com
    13·
    12 hours ago

    Let me guess, a condition for allowing them market access was that they couldn’t do direct to consumer sales and needed dealerships -_-

    Shitty middlemen. The backbone of local conservative campaign finance. They must be destroyed

  • veee@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    12 hours ago

    We’re talking about needing a 7-seater in the not too distant future, and I’ve got my eye on that BYD Tang if they’ll port it over in the coming years.

    • GrindingGears@lemmy.ca
      3·
      10 hours ago

      ITs GoINg tO BuRN DoWN

      WHaT aRE yOU gOING to Do WhEN tHE PowER iS OuT? Derp derp

      Seriously though, we’ve had our EV for two years now, and that things fucking awesome as shit. I don’t care if old ladies snarl at me in traffic, they can fuck a duck. I wish someone would make an smallerish electric truck that wasn’t 130k+ though (or isn’t as monsterous as a F150 - which is also clearly being cast away). Lots of concepts, but I wish one would get to market sooner rather than later. I really like that one that’s the size of a mini cooper, but it’s still pretty far away from actual units on the road.