Steele Auto Group, Atlantic Canada’s largest dealership group, wasted little time in increasing its footprint within the used electrical car area after buying an operation that focuses on the phase.

Steele stated on Tuesday that it’ll open 4 new All EV Canada places the area. 

All EV Canada primarily sells used Teslas, in addition to different used electrical autos.

The brand new places will likely be in Halifax, Nook Brook and St. John’s, NL and Fredericton. The Halifax location replaces the . Burnside, NS, retailer. All are scheduled to open in September 2021, bringing the entire variety of shops to 5, somewhat greater than a month after Steele acquired All EV Canada on July 27. There’s additionally a location in Stratford, PEI.

“To be asserting 4 new places only one week following the acquisition of All EV Canada reinforces our dedication to main and accelerating the adoption of electrical autos in Atlantic Canada,” Steele Auto Group COO Kim Day stated in a press release Tuesday. “With robust federal and provincial buy incentives, a terrific charging station community throughout the area and advertising and marketing efforts by client teams equivalent to EVAAC, Drive Electrical NB, Drive Electrical NL and others, we actually consider the time for EV’s is now.”

PEI residents can obtain $5,000 in provincial incentives towards the acquisition of a brand new or used EV. The federal government may even supply $2,500 to those that purchase a plug-in hybrid. Used BEVs/PHEVs should have a sticker worth of $55,000 or much less to qualify for the inducement.

Earlier this yr, Nova Scotia introduced its EV Help program, which gives as much as $3,000 to these buying new EVs and $2,000 to these shopping for used autos.

Newfoundland and Labrador introduced an EV rebate program in June price $2,500 per car, and New Brunswick introduced a program in early July with rebates as much as $5,000 per EV. The federal Incentives for Zero-Emission Autos (iZEV) program additionally offers as much as $5,000 per eligible car in all provinces.

The fast growth additionally means Steele Auto Group is hiring.

“We’re rising [and] we’d like various terrific, new, passionate workforce members,” Jeff Farwell, normal supervisor of All EV Canada stated in a press release.

All EV Canada will supply potential EV house owners its free instructional programs, “Which EV is correct for me?”, at every location to help with the transition to electrical autos.

“We additionally look ahead to welcoming extra EV passionate individuals to our rising workforce of EV educators,” Farwell stated. 

Beneath phrases of the acquisition, Farwell assumed a management position inside All EV Canada, as did his fellow founding companions David Giles and Jeremie Bernadin.