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By oldshurst442 · Posted
When the deal was announced about 49 000 Chinese entering Canada and increasing every year up to 75 000 or whatever it is in the next 5 years... no details were announced about where these Chinese EVs would be built. Hints and allegations but nothing announced in the media. I guess the would be plans have been announced now. Dougie Ford, a conservative Premier of Ontario... was not happy about it. But why is it that ALL conservative/republican and right leaning politicians in North America always get their panties in a twist and ALWAYS NEVER work with solutions that benefit ALL and ALWAYS go against the phoquing grain? But I digress... Dougie Ford was upset and publicly denounced the move. Why is that bad? 1. Canadians NEED to stand together in face of the threats that are coming from the usa. 2. Carney...is a conservative leaning leader himself, but is heading a liberal, left leaning party but I digress again...Carney is not a politician. He is a finance guy. Was THE finance guy in Steven Harper's cabinet when Steven Harper was Prime Minister, yes...CONSERVATIVE party...and was THE finance guy in the UK when he took the job there when the Canadians conservatives shat the bed again...and took the UK finance job when asked by the UK torries just when the Brits were talking about Brexit. He advised the UK CONSERVATIVE party NOT pursue Brexit...but I digress again... Carney is a smart FINANCE guy. Carney does deals between countries. He knows what is good for the country he represents...in other words...Carney would NOT phoque Canada up... and Dougie Ford should have known that instead of causing a public riff to which trump could exploit. Big oil and fox news and right wing parties from the usa and Canada already have their claws in Alberta... Some Albertans are diseased with this shyte that is going on with right wing bullshyte... 3. Like I said...hints and allegations were winked at that Chinese EVs would eventually maybe be built in Canada and the way Carney spoke BEFORE Davos, is that Canada is ready to decouple from the usa. And eventually Carney and Dougie Ford spoke and this is what Dougie had to say yesterday or was it today? 4. Carney then went to Davos and spoke with words that trump's administration could never understand, he used bigly words and what was said was that Canada and the rest of the world should and could and will decouple from the usa and that the usa will be irrelevant to which all the political leaders there applauded Carney with a standing ovation. And of course China WANTS to build their EVs here in Canada: Your link also suggest that Canadian finance leaders and trade makers TOLD the trump administration what WILL happen with China BEFORE China and Canada met to draw up this EV deal... " Canada didn’t take the U.S. by surprise, the official said. When asked about Canada detouring from matching American tariffs on Chinese EVs, Trump said Carney was doing the right thing." And of course when the deal was done...trump said publicly: “That’s what he should be doing. It’s a good thing for him to sign a trade deal. If you can get a deal with China, you should do that," the U.S. president said. And of course China WANTS to build their EVs here in Canada: Canada cut tariffs on Chinese EVs from 100 percent to 6.1. Trump threatened 100 percent tariffs in response to deal. China now wants to build EVs in Canada with local partners. Canada’s recent trade deal with China was bound to cause controversy. The agreement slashes tariffs on Chinese EVs from 100 percent down to just 6.1 percent, prompting U.S. President Donald Trump to threaten 100 percent tariffs on Canada if the deal proceeds. Still, China insists the arrangement is meant to benefit both countries and isn’t a zero-sum game. -
By G. David Felt · Posted
This will be a nail in the American Auto industry Coffin with China willing to build EVs in Canada. Chinese EVs in Canada will force Detroit automakers to change course https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2026/01/25/chinese-evs-canada-detroit-automakers/88283781007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z114033p118050n00----c00----u003033d00----v114033&gca-ft=72&gca-ds=sophi Canada wants to be 1st in North America to build EV with Chinese knowledge: senior official https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-electric-car-china-tariffs-trump-united-states-9.7049950 China Is Ready To Start Building Cars In Canada https://www.carscoops.com/2026/01/canada-chinese-ev-deal-tariffs/#:~:text=Despite those concerns%2C Chinese Ambassador,Youtube/ Whitehouse End result is that America will lose market share and lose another country that heavily supported the U.S. due to Incompetence by American Business. -
By G. David Felt · Posted
Had a coworker who just bought one as the VW dealership had the fully loaded ID.Buzz with MSRP of $72,595 marked down to $29K with a butt load of VW discounts and the dealer wanted to get rid of it. He said the same thing you did, but at the price, he thinks it will be an awesome local use auto for the family and kids. Totally agree that my EV9 is a far better purchase than this for the original prices. -
This thing was a bust before any tariffs. It has abysmal range, not enough real storage that minivan buyers want, it tried to be too much of a throwback without adding true minivan capabilities, and it was priced far too high for what it offered. 230 miles of range for something like this is ridiculous. I wanted one once they first showed them, but I wouldn't consider something with that kind of range for 60-70k. Name one reason to buy the VW ID.Buzz over your EV6. Looks..? That's about all it has going for it. -
I hate how this looks as of right now. Maybe it will be something that grows on me. I know the current Silverado and HD were hideous to me at the beginning, too, then they grew on me. I'm not sure if this will do that or not, but I don't like it right now. I'm sure the overall package is stellar and up to the latest standards or creating new standards for EVs. Also, BMW needs to get their naming in check (along with Merc). This is silly, IMO; BMW iX3 50 xDrive.
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