Die Erschrottung von 100% igen Tarif für chinesische Elektrofahrzeuge wäre der Todesopfer für die kanadische Autoindustrie, warnen, dass der Tarif, der vor fast einem Jahr eingereicht wurde, mit einer automatischen Überprüfung ausgesetzt ist, wobei die Ergebnisse vom 1. Oktober fällig sind.
https://www.thestar.com/business/scrapping-100-tariff-on-chinese-evs-would-be-death-knell-for-canadas-auto-industry-experts/article_71419633-1b6f-42d0-84af-b342ae77566b.html
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The industry that has failed to innovate and change even with ample warning and required a massive bailout as little as 17 years ago.
Depends – In Europe they built a manufacturing plant to supply the cars for Europe.
I recognize it’s unlikely but with all the anti-Chinese rhetoric coming out of the US there is a chance we could get similar deal in Canada for North America – would support it 100% if that could be arranged.
Feels like any adjustments out of line with the current US policy would invoke some angry tweeting. I’m all for cheap EVs but I doubt this will bring about any changes.
If the combustion engine cannot compete with a superior product then it should fail.
Canada has had decades to prepare for this transition.
I’m curious about the “Death Knell” honestly.
We’re not producing any meaningfull quantity of EV’s here. We don’t have the plants / infrastructure as far as I know (though some were announced, i think they died). We’re currently in a trade dispute with the states where the bulk of our car manufacturing is tied directly too, so much that it’s threatening shutdown and slowdowns of our major existing ICE manufacturing.
How will this impact and hurt our industry by allowing more competition in the way of EV’ that are obviously more technically advanced than what we can get in the west.
Now, i don’t support just opening up the market 100%. there needs to be safety, regulations and a whole whack of protections in place. But if Allowing chinese EV’s into Canada’s market showcases how far EV tech has gone, it will hopefully spur MORE innovation in Canada to dump US direction on EVs and innovate/ build our own.
We also have no shortage of the critical metals in this country.
Any border cities will instantly fail if we lift the EV tariff. Worst is, US will also apply pressure on Canada to not lift it as well since car parts come from Canada ….
Why are we deciding between a 100% tariff and a 0% tariff? Why not draw a road map for our auto industry to become competitive in the EV space, and reduce tariffs over time accordingly? Instead we’re deciding we don’t want to develop or support the purchase of EV’s.
I would suggest we bring down the tariffs on a predictable schedule and use the funds to support our auto industry in developing some home-grown battery and EV technology to develop a competitive industry.
We know how to make cars. We know how to make electricity. I think we can figure out quickly how to make electric cars.
How about developing a Canadian EV as a Nation Building Project? Call it Project Arrow.
Any industry that has to perpetually rely on rent-seeking in order to be viable is not worth the tariff-subsidy regime being used to sustain it. The reality is that these programs are an inefficient allocation of resources at the taxpayers/consumers expense that mainly serves to benefit already rich domestic producers without adding value to the Canadian economy.
If we look at the success that [Australia](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-does-a-country-have-no-choice-but-to-subsidize-its-auto-industry-ask/) (and more recently Germany) has had with phasing out its tariffs & subsidies for auto-manufacturers, it would show that the country was in a better overall position economically & envormentally, those governments were able to ensure that auto workers were able to transition to future meaningful employment withoutt being left behind.
I get that it’s partially a symptom of North American society’s car & sprawl dependency (which also has to change), but its not worth hurting the Canadian economy as a whole to benefit a much smaller group by maintaining bad policy.
I’d also add that even without the tariffs, the EV subsidies are still going to be staying in place.
We aren’t going to be able to get $14k EVs regardless of our tariffs on China. Australians have a free trade agreement with China that includes vehicles. When BYD hit the Australian market in 2022, it was with an EV just under $40k. Now the BYD line has expanded for their market and there is one sub $30k EV while most models remain in the $40k-$60k range.
BYD was going to build a plant in Mexico but delayed it due to Trump’s global tariff fight. BYD sold 40000 cars in Mexico last year and expect to double that number this year with the 20% tariff Mexico has on Chinese cars. They sell models in the range from $27k to $97k.
If BYD makes a plant in Mexico, are we cancelling free trade with them because our manufacturers can’t make a sub $30k car? I checked the VIN for my car and it was made in Mexico.
In other words, the Canadian public is effectively subsidizing domestic auto manufacturers. That might be a net benefit, but it also might not. I’d want to see a serious accounting by a disinterested third party.
We’re climate laggards. We should have incentivised ev development 20 30 years ago. Let the market decide. And also, as mentioned we could add an tariff tied to an estimate of labor and environmental adjustments to make it fairer.
If we remove the ban and let in Chinese EV’s, would you be allowed to drive them over the border into the USA? What happens if your EV breaks down in Texas and you can’t get parts or drive home? Can you sell it in America? What if it gets stolen and you leave it there?
Lots of questions to be resolved if some cars are allowed in Canada but not in America m
If tariff on chinese EV is what keeps our Auto industry alive, we have much bigger problems! Good forbid Canadians have access to more affordable EVs.
I can’t buy a crappy Canadian EV at the price they are sold.
Why should I support a private business?
They should improve the quality, the range and lower the price.
We need a good Canadian folk’s wagon.
Scrap the tariff in exchange for Chinese factories in candada.
It’s such and obvious solution and standard procedure, it makes me wonder why it’s ignored. Almost as if there is a hidden agenda.
Every automaker that wants access to Canadian markets has to set up factories.