Regardless of having been scratched from the listing of autos eligible for the federal Incentives for Zero-Emission Autos (iZEV) program on the finish of 2021, the Tesla Mannequin 3 has attracted extra ZEV incentive {dollars} from Ottawa in 2022 than its 5 closest opponents mixed.

A worth hike final November barred new Mannequin 3 orders from receiving the $5,000-federal-purchase incentive, but over the previous six months, the federal government awarded incentives to almost 7,000 Mannequin 3 consumers who had pre-ordered the car forward of the value change, Transport Canada information exhibits.

Incentives for Tesla’s lowest-cost mannequin, quantity to roughly $34.5 million from December of final 12 months, via this Could. That whole exceeds the mixed worth of incentives handed out for the subsequent 5 hottest battery electrical autos (BEVs), in accordance with the iZEV program information.

Regardless of six months having passed by because the most-recent iZEV-eligible order, Tesla continued to work via its reserving backlog in Could. The U.S. automaker acquired incentives for 1,145 Mannequin 3 ZEVs delivered all through the month, Transport Canada information exhibits.

Canadian prospects who ordered a model of the Mannequin 3 priced beneath the then-iZEV threshold of $45,000 previous to Nov. 23 of final 12 months, stay eligible for the motivation. Transport Canada stated on the time it had developed a course of with Tesla to validate car eligibility, regardless of anticipated car supply dates falling properly after the November cut-off.

The federal division wouldn’t say what number of extra pending orders for the Mannequin 3 stay eligible for the motivation.

For the reason that introduction of the iZEV program in 2019, the Mannequin 3 is by far essentially the most incentivized ZEV in Canada. Roughly 42,000 of the autos have acquired the federal incentive, accounting for almost 30 per cent of the 150,000 BEVs and plug-in hybrids to obtain iZEV incentives as of the top of Could.

Barring any additional pricing updates, nevertheless, the Mannequin 3’s stranglehold on the motivation crown is more likely to loosen as soon as Tesla’s order backlog clears. The federal authorities not too long ago elevated its pricing threshold for iZEV eligibility to $55,000, however the Mannequin 3 now begins at $63,980, together with supply.