US model 3 vs Canadian model 3

[Ev3xfan]

We bought a model 3 in the US and now have to move to Canada, but sadly can’t import our much loved car. . Anyone with a model 3 from Canada moving to the US and want to do a trade?

 

[CharleyBC]

No, but I'll store it for you until you return to the US, so long as I can drive it...

 

[wasabi5858]

really? wow, maybe we should buy Canada instead....

 

[kwazi7]

Good luck...

Friend of mine had a similar situation; he ended up selling and taking a loss on the car

 

[AdamVIP]

Maybe Canada uses the Euro orange signals.

 

[Tony_YYZ]

Maybe Canada uses the Euro orange signals.

We do not.

 

[ecarfan]

We bought a model 3 in the US and now have to move to Canada, but sadly can’t import our much loved car.

That is unfortunate. It may change in the future though, but likely not soon enough for you. See
Tesla to enable cross-border importation, but to what extent? - Electrek

 

[Kappelan]

We bought a model 3 in the US and now have to move to Canada, but sadly can’t import our much loved car. . Anyone with a model 3 from Canada moving to the US and want to do a trade?

Our friends moved from Toronto to NY and they were driving their Canadian registered car for a year or more.

 

[X.l.r.8]

You can move the vehicle from Canada but not the other way around. US cars do not comply, European ones will but importing may be a lot of work. A lot of legal red tape is enforced by the insurance companies. Canadian cars need very different immobilizers, a totally different frequency than the US. So you would need to change that whole system. Then the silly stuff like DRL’s and a single airbag warning sticker in French. And they used to not allow other color seatbelt release than red, but the car on display at Sherway has black ones and was sold to a Canadian customer, so that’s probably lifted. But the security system is a different matter entirely. The roadster kind of gets away with it because the immobilizer is a separate unit and part of the homelink controller. The fact that it’s not available anywhere (the last unit was found in the Netherlands) means although technically it’s able to be imported, you simply cannot.

 

[Kappelan]

BTW when I was shopping I came across few used Model S' that was imported from the US. Apparently, the did it somehow.

 

[S'toon]

Our friends moved from Toronto to NY and they were driving their Canadian registered car for a year or more.

There are a few standards that are more stringent in Canada than in US. Tesla says they can't convert the US ones to Canadian standards, not sure why. The only one that stands out is the red seatbelt thingies.

 

[ben1628]

FYI, we did export our Honda Civic to USA without any problem, doesn't even need to go through importer. All we do to do is put in a after market TPMS installed by a tire company here in GTA.

 

[pcons]

We bought a model 3 in the US and now have to move to Canada, but sadly can’t import our much loved car. . Anyone with a model 3 from Canada moving to the US and want to do a trade?

@Ev3xfan looks like this came just in time for you

Tesla Vehicles now importable to Canada!!

 

[AZP85]

Well hope someone can clarify exactly what needs to be done for importing a Model S or Model X into Canada from the US.
Model 3 should be really simple/a none issue.