Not necessarily, dealerships could take care of it and just give it to the customers in the meantime, a bit like a 0% loan that is being refunded by the government.

[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And that’s fraud. I think it’s exactly what they wanted, to ask for as many as they could so they could sell the cars for less than the competition.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No it's not, it's exactly how all dealerships handled the federal rebate, the only weird thing is Tesla not claiming them regularly (from what they're saying) hence the investigation, but otherwise it's perfectly normal and legal that the dealerships were taking care of the trouble for their clients.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could you show where other dealers have done this?

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When the news came out all the other dealers were complaining that they couldn't submit the paperwork for the rebate.

It's not the clients that pay the bill and then get a cheque back, it's included on their bill when they purchase the car and in the loan they take if they need one.

It's not Tesla pretending to have purchased cars and submitting the paperwork under false client names, it's them submitting the paperwork for cars they (allegedly) sold to get the refund for the rebate they (allegedly) passed on to the client. As if they had accumulated the paperwork for months without submitting it to the government to get the refund they're owed for a rebate they gave their clients.

https://insideevs.com/news/752820/tesla-accused-of-gaming-rebates-canada/

Dealerships provide rebates of up to $5,000 at the point of sale and then the government reimburses them.