Canada Calls for Tariffs on Chinese Cars, Little Impact on EV Exports

TapTechNews June 22 - According to Bloomberg, on Thursday local time, Ontario Premier Doug Ford of Canada called on the Trudeau government, hoping to impose tariffs on Chinese cars "at least equal to those of the United States".

According to a report by China Business News today, Cui Dongshu, secretary of the Passenger Car Association branch, told reporters in response to this news that the geographical location of Canada leads to extremely cold temperatures in most areas, and the country's domestic electric vehicle market is not well-developed itself.

Cui Dongshu said that this move by Canada is more about sending a "political signal", and has little impact on the export of Chinese electric vehicles.

The report said that the share of electric vehicles in the Canadian auto market is still relatively small. Taking the whole of 2023 as an example, approximately 185,000 pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles were registered locally, although it showed a nearly 50% increase compared to 2022, it still only accounted for 11% of the total new car registrations. Currently, the goal of the Canadian government is that by 2030, among all new light vehicles sold locally, zero-emission vehicles will account for 60%, and 100% in 2035.

According to a previous report by TapTechNews, Honda announced in April this year that it plans to build an electric vehicle supply chain complex in Ontario, Canada, with the goal of starting production in 2028, and the annual output of electric vehicles will reach 240,000 after full operation. Premier Doug Ford said that the construction scale of Honda's new project will dwarf the battery factories of Stellantis and Volkswagen in Ontario. In addition, the Canadian federal and provincial governments are also working hard to get Toyota to build an electric vehicle factory in Canada.