[HN Gopher] Suspicious Tesla Sales Surge Triggers Canadian Gover...
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       Suspicious Tesla Sales Surge Triggers Canadian Government
       Investigation
        
       Author : ragu4u
       Score  : 44 points
       Date   : 2025-03-07 20:34 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | turnsout wrote:
       | They're running scared and trying everything. This stock is going
       | back to $15
        
       | thatguy0900 wrote:
       | Why not go for one last government grift before you get kicked
       | out of the country for spearheading efforts to start a war, I
       | suppose
        
         | snailmailstare wrote:
         | There's always the risk of special rendition and then execution
         | as a traitor.
        
           | Delomomonl wrote:
           | He might not always has his human shield with him
        
       | chgs wrote:
       | I'd data analysts is good enough to fire people and close
       | departments it's good enough to stop payments to an enemy.
        
         | Terr_ wrote:
         | I'm having trouble parsing your comment.
         | 
         | Do you mean that Musk already possesses a staff of unscrupulous
         | henchmen, so it is likely they staged a massive fraud in
         | Canada, using that crime to indirectly harm "enemy" car-sellers
         | by stealing the Canadian government rebate-payments?
        
           | snailmailstare wrote:
           | If Doge wouldn't pay out then Musk can't complain when Canada
           | doesn't.
        
       | Terr_ wrote:
       | [Recycled comment from another submission]
       | 
       | Very suspicious. (Dare I say "Concerning"? :p) From another
       | source with a bit more context for those numbers:
       | 
       | > Tesla's Canadian stores are company-owned and directly
       | controlled by the company. [...] Four Tesla stores in Canada each
       | sold an average of 30 cars per hour, amounting to 120 cars per
       | hour across all four locations--essentially one car every minute,
       | 24 hours a day... for three straight days. And yes, this includes
       | hours when the stores were closed.
       | 
       | > Tesla's $43.1 million in rebates took up more than half of the
       | cash left allotted for EV subsidies remaining. That meant that by
       | the time some other dealers attempted to get their own subsidies,
       | the money had run out. [...] 226 [non-Tesla] dealerships
       | submitted rebate claims for 2,295 electric vehicles but still
       | haven't been reimbursed, leaving them collectively out by C$10
       | million.
       | 
       | -- https://www.carscoops.com/2025/03/tesla-accused-of-gaming-
       | ca...
        
       | HarHarVeryFunny wrote:
       | > One Tesla location in Toronto reported more than 1,200 sales on
       | January 11 alone, accounting for $4 million in [Canadian
       | government] rebates.
       | 
       | Sounds like Musk being a dick - sticking it to Canada to
       | please/amuse his boss.
        
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