But with a limit of 49,000 Chinese-made EVs allowed into the Canadian market at a 6.1 per cent tariff rate, the Chinese auto industry will be strategic in choosing which models to export, according to Frise.

"If they can only export a certain number of vehicles per year to Canada, are they going to want to export that number of less expensive, lower profit vehicles, or that number of expensive, higher profit vehicles? They'll go for the higher profit vehicles."

so no, there will not be cheap EVs in Canada, and the Chinese built Teslas and Volvos are already here....WATCHING YOU MASTERBATE.

[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

What part of what I said suggests I didn't read the article I linked?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 days ago

a lost redditor appears

[–] twopi@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

China : 2+2=4

Anti-China zealots : That's propaganda. 2+2=5

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Considering if a cheap car will last CDN winters is anti-China?

How many new models from established companies are reliable? How many EVs from any company are reliable?

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

seem to do ok in Norway in winter. perhaps ask some Norwegians ?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Ask them in 8-10 years. Any car works fine for a few years. There is no data on long term Chinese EV reliability.

It's stupid to buy a new car model from established manufacturers.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They will just say they are different just like why Canada winter is so different that we cannot use bikes here but they can.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

is so different that we cannot use bikes here but they can.

But is is different, Norway has maintained bike lanes everywhere all winter.

[–] twopi@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you don't like cheap cars becuase they are cheap and made in China then why do cheap winter jackets made in China work in winters?

If your point is against EVs in general, than that's a different point. The only real problem of EVs in winter is charging and range. Reliability is not much of a problem that is a solved problem.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you don’t like cheap cars becuase they are cheap and made in China then why do cheap winter jackets made in China work in winters?

Sure, lets compare a product of one part, no mechanism, to an electric car.

[–] twopi@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

It's very clear you don't know how things work.