Story updated:
Tesla vehicles have already been removed from the province’s electric vehicle subsidy program, but that decision was not political. Instead, it was the result of changes last year made to limit the subsidy to vehicles with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price below $50,000 for cars and below $70,000 for larger vehicles.
This does not include EVs. They will still give you $4,000 if you buy a Tesla.
The rebate program allows British Columbians to get up to $350 to purchase and install an EV charger in their homes.
As of March 12, Tesla chargers, energy storage batteries and inverters are not eligible for rebates
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Seems like a good move to hurt Elon, but I think this move was poorly thought out looking at the rebate page and will hurt BC residents.
https://www.bchydro.com/powersmart/electric-vehicles/rebates-incentives/rebates-home-chargers.html
Specifically, this part
Eligible chargers
Chargers eligible for rebate must meet the following criteria:
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A Level 2 charger, 208V or 240V, and feature a SAE J1772 standard plug head
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Whether they like Tesla or not, this is excluding the newer SAE J3400 that all major car manufacturers have now adopted and all new cars will use. Manufacturers of EV chargers are adopting this as well, and forcing people to use a J1772 standard is going to force all newer vehicles even non Tesla vehicle to use an adapter.
They should update the rules and allow both even if not allowing Tesla specific ones.
Imagine buying one of the new Kias and your only option to charge at home is with an adapter or you get no rebate.
How about we remove tariffs from Chinese EVs in addition to this?
The enemy of our enemy is not necessarily our friend. This applies to China, they want to annex Taiwan for example and should be economically avoided
Limiting subsidies to Tesla does not imply help to China.
My EV is Korean, and there are other great options from all over the world.
While true and I don’t want to financially support their goals, would we be doing that? As long as they’re subsidizing production, we’d effectively be exploiting their desire to corner the EV market.
I would however still not lift those tariffs if it puts us significantly at odds with EU-based nations.
And them cornering the market is exactly what we do not want. Because they take over the market then they have all sorts of leverage politically, it supports all the knowledge in batteries over there, and with competition reduced they could increase prices via not subsidizing down the road.
We want Korean, Japanese, European, etc because it supports our allies industry and we’d like some of them to produce parts or finish vehicles here in Canada so it also aids our own economy. Heck, wouldn’t it be great for some domestic option to show up again.
