How many cars would Tesla need to sell annually in Canada to have a manufacturing plant in Ontario make sense?
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Tesla purchasing GM Oshawa plant for pennies on the dollar
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Drone Flyer
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Unless Tesla starts manufacturing complete vehicles at Gigafactory 1, Tesla needs more factories in North America for new products like Model Y, Semi, Pickup, and Roadster 2020. The argument for or against locating it in Canada is a separate issue.
More than it ever could. Canadian auto plants exist now only because they can sell into the US. No Gigafactory nearby either so batteries would need to be transported across the country. Steel tariffs which also haven't been removed yet make this even less likely.
GM would also probably choose not to sell an old factory to Tesla as well since look what happened the last time where they got it and a huge plot of land in Silicon Valley for only $42MM. Tesla is building cars in tents. They don't need an old GM factory.
.. and yet they are now making cars at a run rate of 300k per year and increasing at that one plant.
You attribute that to miracle?
Doug Ford loathes anything green and has a particular hate for Tesla.
Tony_YYZ
Tezler Guru
This thread has a very misleading title....
... and yet they are building one right *now* in Shanghai.
This would only be viable if sales in Canada were strong enough with a 30 to 60 % currency spread. The union & Fed/ON government should not even be talking to GM and instead talk to Tesla.
Well ol’ Ford boy DID challenge Tesla to open a factory in Ontario back during that dust-up over the rebate....... B)
Personally, I would be in favor of Tesla snagging one or two of GMs plants. It saves them building one from scratch, all they’d have to do is refit it same as they did to Nummi.
Personally, I would be in favor of Tesla snagging one or two of GMs plants. It saves them building one from scratch, all they’d have to do is refit it same as they did to Nummi.
I'm an American and believe in everything American; I have never purchased a foreign car. That said, there might be benefits for Tesla and Canada if a complete factory is established in Canada. Canada could possibly be able to provide cheaper materials and possibly lower imports tariffs in deals from the countries that hate the US (just because!) The biggest issue would be the Canadian unions.
richrootes
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Either that or a Canadian company buys the factory and uses Tesla’s patent sharing to produce different cars
Elon would welcome the competition, and a Canadian built EV would no doubt have cold weather durability in its DNA from the ground up
We have some smart people up here - it’d be fantastic
Elon would welcome the competition, and a Canadian built EV would no doubt have cold weather durability in its DNA from the ground up
We have some smart people up here - it’d be fantastic
5_+JqckQttqck
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From a supply chain perspective, it's not a bad idea as Southern Ontario is 80% automotive (I work for such a company). The technical support from Kuka, Festo, Fanuc, AB, Bosch, Balluff, IFM, Keyance, etc etc etc are all here. What product would Tesla start here is the better question to ask.
A second Gigafactory would be possible as we have really cheap hydro overnight. Make the batteries and charge them at night from Wind and Hydro.
Would be great for Tesla to put Doug's foot to his mouth and out back his butt.
A second Gigafactory would be possible as we have really cheap hydro overnight. Make the batteries and charge them at night from Wind and Hydro.
Would be great for Tesla to put Doug's foot to his mouth and out back his butt.
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