Between January 10 and January 12, after being warned that an EV rebate program was running out of funds, Tesla dealerships in Canada managed to claim 8,669 individual iZEV EV rebates, or about $43 million CAD in incentives. That’s a staggering number of sales to log in a single weekend, about 1.5 sales per minute. Let’s dig into the numbers.

  • henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    25 days ago

    It makes me so happy that I saw protesters today in front of the nearby dealership. Elon a shit.

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    23 days ago

    Damn. What’s the difference between elon and a petty theif?? At least petty thief’s have some morals. Elons moral compass is stuck in magnetic vortex spinning him out of control

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      23 days ago

      A petty thief can only steal what you currently have. Elon can take away things that you don’t even have yet.

      It’s a helluva thing killing a man; you take all he’s got, and all he’s ever gonna have.

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    23 days ago

    imagine being the richest person in the world and still committing obvious fraud for a quick million.

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    23 days ago

    When you make any climate policy other than a carbon tax (right amount is $300/ton = $3/gallon gasoline. Rebated at $4000+ dividend to citizens) you introduce corruption vectors.

    What is likely happening here is that vehicles are sold with rebates to people who let it get resold as new, by same dealer, without rebate. Probably not illegal.

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    23 days ago

    Elon Musk will go down in history as THE EXAMPLE of greed and generational wealth will do to you.

    He is the wealthiest man in history, but is still never satisfied. He will never be happy. And you can’t convince me he is happy right now. His actions are not the same as a happy man, but one that is insecure. Literally every decision, action, and even conversation reeks of it.

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    23 days ago

    So from everything I’ve seen about this situation, it looks a whole fucking lot like a massive amount of malfeasance from Tesla. I genuinely hope the Canadian government throws the book at them and absolutely reams them financially for fraud.

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    23 days ago

    Smells like fraud! Tesla is ran by a grifter. Canada better get their stuff together and arrest or ban Musk from business in Canada or he will have you acting like the US.