OPINION: Federal government to blame for current flood of EVs made in China
The data, obtained by Automotive News Canada through an access-to-information request, shows that 77 per cent of Tesla Model Ys, above, and 55 per cent of Model 3s claimed under the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program last year were built in China.
Automakers and dealers that are in states adopting California’s Advanced Clean Cars II rule – which sets ambitious, annually escalating ZEV sales mandates and threatens stiff penalties for noncompliance – face a daunting challenge