With Canada’s first import window for Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) nearly half over, more than half of the available quota has now been used up.
According to the latest data from Global Affairs Canada updated on Friday afternoon, a total of 12,513 Chinese EVs have now been imported into Canada for the first six-month period. That period runs from March 1 to August 31 and allows a total of 24,500 vehicles to enter Canada under the new import framework.
When we last reported on these figures in July, a total of 9,235 vehicles had been imported in Canada, meaning an additional 3,287 vehicles have arrived since the previous update.
That brings the monthly totals of imported Chinese EVs to 3,510 vehicles in May, 621 in June, 5,982 in July, and already 2,400 in just the first week of August.
One of the most notable changes in this latest update is that automakers are no longer only importing fully electric vehicles. The first non plug-in hybrid SUVs and passenger vans have appeared on the report. According to the data, 259 of these vehicles landed in Canada in July with a customs value above C$35,000.
Unfortunately, the report does not identify manufacturers or models, so it is not immediately clear which vehicles these non plug-in hybrids could be.
With just a few weeks remaining before the first quota period ends on August 31, nearly 12,000 allocations remain unused. While they are unlikely to be fully used up, they won’t be going to waste as any unused quota will be added to the allocation available for the second six-month period beginning September 1.
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