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China-based Geely Auto Group will soon have a presence in Canada. The company announced it has a Canadian team in place, and is in the process of setting up a retail and service network in anticipation of having vehicles in showrooms in 2027. Last year, the Geely Auto Group sold more than 3.02 million vehicles globally, including nearly 1.69 million new-energy vehicles. Geely Auto vehicles are currently on the road in more than 100 countries and regions worldwide. Of course, Geely has been...

Chinese-made electric vehicles have begun arriving in Canada under a new trade agreement brokered in January by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The deal permits up to 49,000 Chinese EVs annually at a reduced 6% tariff rate, down from a previous tariff of over 100%. Hundreds of Shanghai-made Tesla Inc. vehicles have already arrived under this regime, alongside luxury Lotus models, which are owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. The arrangement marks a sharp...

Canada will not require any of the Chinese-built EVs entering the country over the next 12 months to meet the affordability threshold that Prime Minister Mark Carney used to sell the trade deal to consumers, according to final regulations published in the Canada Gazette on March 11. The provision for vehicles with import prices below C$35,000 — which Carney’s government framed as kickstarting the availability of more affordable EVs when the deal was struck in Beijing in January — does not...