☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-21 day agoChina trade deal has Canadians looking forward to cheaper electric vehicleswww.scmp.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1134file-text
arrow-up1134external-linkChina trade deal has Canadians looking forward to cheaper electric vehicleswww.scmp.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 hours agoCanadians buy 2M vehicles a year. This deal only allows in 50,000. When Xpeng wanted to sell in EU, they had to assemble the cars in Austria with Canada’s Magna. So why is Magna making Chinese EVs in Austria, but not in Canada?
minus-squareCanIFishHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoAssembled in Australis is like saying your ikea furniture was manufactured in your living room.
minus-squareTheFeatureCreature@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 hours agoAccording to Statistics Canada, 264,000 EV’s were sold in 2024. 50,000 of those potentially being Chinese EVs is not a small percentage. That is a significant chunk of our yearly EV sales.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 hours agocause EU is better at negotiating I guess
Canadians buy 2M vehicles a year. This deal only allows in 50,000.
When Xpeng wanted to sell in EU, they had to assemble the cars in Austria with Canada’s Magna.
So why is Magna making Chinese EVs in Austria, but not in Canada?
Assembled in Australis is like saying your ikea furniture was manufactured in your living room.
50000 on year one. More later
According to Statistics Canada, 264,000 EV’s were sold in 2024.
50,000 of those potentially being Chinese EVs is not a small percentage. That is a significant chunk of our yearly EV sales.
cause EU is better at negotiating I guess