Buffoon of Trump, Tesla declares trade war on Canada

After the 25% customs tariff increase with Canada on Trump’s first day in office, Tesla decides to sharply raise its prices.

Eventually, we’ll just end up laughing about it. The spring is so crude that competitors are mocking: to maintain a good image in the Canada case, Tesla is soaring its prices. Or how to saw off the branch on which the American manufacturer is sitting…

Indeed, Tesla has decided to revise upwards the entire catalog prices with variations ranging from 4,000 to 9,000 Canadian dollars. Equivalent to about 2,700 to 6,000 euros, as follows:

• Model 3 Long Range RWD: +4,000 Canadian dollars (+2,700 euros)
• Model 3 Long Range AWD: +8,000 Canadian dollars (+5,400 euros)
• Model 3 Performance: +9,000 Canadian dollars (+6,000 euros)
• Model Y (all variants): +4,000 Canadian dollars (+2,700 euros)
• Model S (all variants): +4,000 Canadian dollars (+2,700 euros)
• Model X (all variants): +4,000 Canadian dollars (+2,700 euros)

Suicidal prices?

The “suicide” in commercial terms is all the greater as this unprecedented price increase effectively excludes all Tesla from the federal ecological bonus in effect in Canada. A bonus set at 5,000 Canadian dollars, or 3,400 euros.

Thus, the actual price increase added together amounts to 6,100 euros for the Model 3 Long Range RWD, 8,800 euros for the Model 3 Long Range AWD, and 9,400 euros for the Model 3 Performance.

For the other catalog models, the price increase is also 6,100 euros. All this to be the good student (who said teacher’s pet?) in the eyes of Donald Trump, who believes the trade balance with Canada is disadvantageous.

For information, the Canada makes a lot of money selling its wood to the United States so they can build their houses, mainly made from this material. Canada smiles coyly because the 25% increase in the cost of wood… will be reflected on the wallets of American customers.

The Canada has no domestic automakers, but is a producer for American companies. Once again, Tesla won’t make it easy for itself to sell its vehicles. Elon Musk thinks about “punishing” Canadians, who will simply shrug and buy other products from competitors.

Looking for logic? At Mobiwisy, we stopped trying to understand Musk and Tesla a long time ago.

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