B.C. excludes Tesla from CleanBC rebates, despite allowing other U.S. brands

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From the article: British Columbia has announced that Tesla’s products—including its Powerwall home battery, inverters, and electric vehicle (EV) chargers—will no longer be eligible for rebates under the CleanBC and BC Hydro programs. The province claims this move is part of an effort to support Canadian-made products and reduce reliance on American imports. However, the revised list of eligible products still includes American-made brands, raising questions about the policy’s consistency and the true motivation behind Tesla’s exclusion. According to an update posted to the BC Hydro website, the exclusion of Tesla is meant to “preference Canadian goods” and “exclude, where practicable, U.S.-produced goods.” But a quick look at the updated list of eligible products reveals that almost all of the alternatives that remain eligible for rebates are U.S.-based. In fact, of the companies still listed as eligible, only four are Canadian (FLO, Grizzl-E, Hypercharge, Sun Country Highway), while a whopping 73, or 94.8% of the companies on the list, are from the U.S., according to a review by Grok. **“The Government of B.C. and BC Hydro are taking action to preference Canadian goods in our rebate programs going forward and to exclude, where practicable, U.S. produced goods. As of March 12, 2025, Tesla products (electric vehicle chargers, energy storage batteries and inverters) are not eligible for CleanBC and BC Hydro rebates.”** We have reached out to BC Hydro for clarification on why Tesla appears to be the only U.S. company excluded under these new rules, but have not received a reply by the time of publication. We will update this article when we receive a reply.

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That’s illegal if true. That’s considered discrimination and will be a slam dunk lawsuit. You cannot discriminate a single company like that.

Nature, "sustainable", "climate" and so on is only relevant when it fits their agenda.

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More money for the lawyers

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He said he didn't want the credit . most people buy on price . If he lowered the price hm Tesla would be the only company making money.

Things like the IRA in the US didn't necessarily have to do with the climate. They were about bring manufacturing of the next generation of technology back to domestic manufacturers which everyone should agree with. But the right likes oil. The problem here is that it's not about climate and it isn't about Canadian domestic manufacturing because they're allowing everyone except one company. So they should be up front about it.

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Do you not understand the trade war, or are you willingly ignoring it because it doesn’t fit your narrative?

Not true. The government is NOT allowed to discriminate against specific companies. For this to be legal, they would need to eliminate ALL American companies in this segment, not just Tesla. It is illegal, and if it actually goes into effect Tesla will sue. Maybe if they change the wording they can get it implemented, like if they say Tesla is a national security threat. (Obviously it’s not, and that wouldn’t hold up because they need evidence, but just a hypothetical)

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They can do whatever they want. Just like Musk can go in and decimate a work force.

This isn't a trade war. It's a war against Tesla. If you read the article you'd know that 94.8% of the companies that remain on the list are US based.

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Yes, a war against Tesla and common sense.

They learn eventually. "It's not fair" is not enshrined in legal doctrine.

Yes, it can. What do you know about Canadian law? Of course the Canadian government can have a preference for Canadian companies. It does so all the time. The US does it too! Through the Buy American Act. Biden used that act against Canadian companies when he was in charge. If we don't want people to discriminate against our companies, we shouldn't start trade wars with them.

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Good.

If you're from the States, this argument is even more ridiculous.

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Because the cars are made in China.

Did you miss what he said? He said you cant pick one American company, you need to say all of them.

Did you forget to read the post?

None of those cars are sold in Canada since the China EV tariffs went in.

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Elbows up!

If they discriminate against all American made EVs is it still illegal?

missed that news - thanks

I'm just amazed by how little you understand how your own government works. The US government literally picks between US and foreign companies all the time based on many things. Including the percentage of their products made in the US. They can decline to buy from a US company because too little of a product is made in the US, and buy form a foreign company because they source from the US. Along with vague things like "national security" which can be invoked without any reasoning to pick between any suppliers. The US does this all the time, picking between US companies, between foreign companies, between both. Yes, Canada can do and does exactly what the US government does. Picks who it wants to work with, doesn't matter if it's a US or Canadian or whatever company. If we don't want to be discriminated against, we shouldn't have started a trade war. No, suing the BC government for this won't work. For exactly the same reason as suing the US Federal government for discriminating against BMW won't work.

What?

What’s the authority for this?

Under what authority?

No, they can discriminate against all of them if they want, just not a single one

Ok what’s the Canadian law? And btw even if that were true you can make exclusions within the law that are so specific that, in practice, only one company’s products are affected. For example you just need to find some characteristic or combination of characteristics that are unique to Tesla vehicles and then say “vehicles with these characteristics are ineligible”. It would presumably violate USMCA trade agreement, but apparently that doesn’t matter since USA violated it first.

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Can you point me to the Canadian law that says that?

Can you point me to the Canadian law that says that?

point him to the Canadian law that says that

Doesn’t this just hurt the customers

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Well yes, the idea is to disincentivize buying teslas.

And as shown by the down-votes on my comment, a war against reading comprehension, lol.

lol you cant discriminate against a protected class (sexual orientation, race, religion, etc), you can discriminate against companies all you want.

Would make sense. Same as the booze, they originally just picked red states and now it's all. Eby needs to start thinking before acting.

They did it and not stopping… I guess when orange boy decided no agreements mattered this is what you get

I keep seeing this comment but I'm having trouble finding a Canadian law making it true

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What Canadian law disallows this? Laws that target single companies exist all the time. Like, this is a government. They literally decide what the law is.

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I needed a good laugh today, and just before bed. 6 word response said it all.

Best news I've heard all day

Great news

Of course why support Tesla

There was a bit different casus belli back then compared to now.

But there's no Canadian EVs!

Yeah, there's a trade war. But there's also no Canadian EV companies!

It’s the chargers and batteries.

"... you need to say..." Okay. Strong statement. Based on your familiarity with which law?

They were targeting alcohol from red states. (the Canadians were)

Why? Your "should" is feels-based and only has weight for you, personally.

Why?

They are being lil bitches

Theirs lots of non American EV companies.

Shhhh we are winning the trade war my guy

Here is a case law example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roncarelli_v_Duplessis

Here is a case law example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roncarelli_v_Duplessis

No, he said all credits should go away, oil, gas, EVs, for everyone.

Who is

Unless you are eliminating 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs, then this is petty, and stupid.

Canada will be slaughtered in this trade war, sad to say. It will look like the Russia/Ukraine debacle- except no one is sending Canada $190 Billion. I hope they surrender before it’s too late

"Laws" are only relevant when it fits Trumps agenda.

"Petty and stupid" is the American theme right now. So why not go with it?

"Surrender?"

It's not where the brand is from but rather where they things are produced is my guess. Other companies may be american but they produce/manufacture the goods in canada and mexico for example

It was /s

We’re lucky to have such experts on the intricacies of Canadian trade law here.

Much like tariffs.

Lol

How does this promote Canadian-based products when the products themselves don't change? Does this make the other EVs faster or have extended range? What does this do??

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as some ev subsidies were sunsetting all of a sudden a couple dealerships were doing THOUSANDS of “sales” every day even during the night.

What

In the end, it’s the citizen’s that pay the price.

So?

And solar

Yep. Tons of American cars have parts made in Canada. Detroit is a border town.

It sends a message.

"Don't buy good quality products or we'll make it more expensive for you" is not a good message.

I don't know the brands in questions but I assume that's what they meant. Tesla does not have factories in Canada so they 100% would get tariffs from somewhere at least

Goes to show that all their "environmentalism" is really all just political and performative.

You absolutely can. Look what the US did with Huawei.

This is about home charging.

No, they were pushing through weeks of paperwork that had been sitting around. Every sale has to be validated prior to the credit being issued. Claiming fraud is absurd and paints us in an unfavorable light. Let's wait for proof before believing wild conspiracy theories.

He said both

because the more money Tesla makes, the greater danger to my family.

The way you put it makes it sound like he's against EVs, but fine with other abuse of tax dollars. Wanting all to go away is an important framing of EV credit, and all subsidies, going away.

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Interesting. Not surprised with their actions based on politics over the last decade or so. Curious which human acts law are they saying he broke and how he broke it? Not that it really matters, he could have just said they are doing it because they just don't like him.

This seems a bit much, but not too surprised. Can't even say I blame them necessarily, even though I completely disagree with the principal, I can understand the sentiment.

Thats...100% not true.

This isnt a good thing

Wahhhhhhhhhhhh

Yes it is, long live the TSLA slump

That case is completely different. The government can absolutely decide which brands are eligible for a tax incentive, for whatever reason they want. That case was about revoking a liquor license for a specific individual. That would be more akin to BC deciding that Teslas could no longer be sold in BC, and even then, that would also be legal if they passed a law with specific guidelines that applied to Tesla. For example, they could pass a law requiring all vehicles to have a speedometer in front of the driver.

I assume Tesla will sue British Columbia over this. You can't have rules for thee but not for me situations.

Except there isn't a law about this. They just decreed it. The government has to follow its own laws.

That's pretty hilarious. I guess a lawsuit is needed to correct their ways.

That's pretty hilarious. I guess a lawsuit is needed to correct their ways.

And what exactly is the law that forbids doing this?

Ask a Canadian. I don't know Canadian law. But it would be illegal in the US and Canada generally has pretty similar laws to the US.

It's more "We won't spend your tax dollars subsidizing the people threating to invade us".

Yeah it isn't good that the Art of the Deal guys is picking on a country 1/10th his size, its almost like he isnt good at the deals.. Its is giving real little D/hands energy. Not good! Now if the "Art of the deal" guy stood up to a bigger country he might get some respect from me and mine. Renegotiate with China or Stop sucking Putins left one and stand up for freedom around the world. Definitely not good..

chill man, idk why you even brought that up

So i can only guess that the Eby NDP here in BC is some type of recipient from USAID to make this decision. Huh a bunch of ethically challenged politicians try to dip their toes in American politics. By the way Tesla's are made in California

Tesla Engineers are going to roll up with the pitch forks in Canada I see lol.

Government just trying to make it look they are doing something but in reality they are not..

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There are other American EVs, German EVs, and ofc Korean EVs.

Not very bright it seems. It’s alright, enjoy the ride.

Adorable take.

Good call.

Elbows up MAN!

We have reached a new level of pettiness love to see it. Things will get even more petty, I’ll get my popcorn ready.

dude relax, this is a Reddit thread

I’m sure VW would love for historians to relax too.

Logic I see none

> rules for thee but not for me Conservatives love that though.

I disagree when anyone does it.

Wooohooo B.C. Win! Way to go guys :)

yeah right. waiting until subsidies end to process these “sales” warrants suspicion. It’s their responsibility to submit these in a timely manner. We shouldn’t give them the benifit of the doubt because “maybe they were actually lazy instead of fraudulent”

Plenty of cheap Chinese ones are ready to go…BYD is salivating at the opportunity..as we further push Canada away as an ally!

Yes, but arguably letting Chinese EVs in either Canada or the US will be detrimental to the auto industry in both countries. Plus in terms on subsidies, I don’t see BC subsidizing the CCP! lol

Yes but the cars will remain cheap, because the CCP will subsidize them… Also it is kinda hard to make an argument that Chinese EV’s would be worse business than American EV’s…when the US is currently engaging in a trade war against Canada and Tesla is being investigated for fraudulent use of the Canadian EV subsidies. So is the US EV trade that much more advantageous?

Ford, GM, etc., have hundreds of thousands of well paid employees and many thousands retirees receiving lifetime pensions. If the government opens the floodgates to Chinese EV, will these quality jobs remain? Yes Canada might dislike the US, but most cars made in the US have parts made in Canada. The industry of both countries is intertwined. Ultimately, car buyers are subsidizing these jobs. If the governments of US and Canada didn’t want to support that industry they’d allow cheap Chinese EVs to be sold in the US/Canada. People would be able to buy a $20,000 EV, and many US/Canada jobs would be lost. Whether that’s good or bad, that’s a government decision and unlikely to change any time soon.

It is their responsibility, and they have. There's a time limit prescribed in the language of the law, and they have something like 30-days to do it. They've met their obligation. All parties know the seller is giving a point of sale credit, and that they're on the hook to get the paperwork submitted. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt because EVERY SINGLE CLAIM is validated prior to payment. The equation doesn't require trust when every single one is verified.

well it’s been frozen so like clearly the government felt differently