As Prime Minister Mark Carney lowers tariffs on imports of Chinese electric vehicles, new polling suggests Canadians are becoming much more open to buying them.
More than half of Canadians (53%) say knowing an EV was made in China would have no effect on their purchasing decision, according to a new poll by Nanos Research Group for Bloomberg News.
A further 15% said Chinese manufacturing would make them more likely to buy the vehicle, while 28% said it would make them less likely.
That’s a big change from 2024, when 61% of Canadians said they would be less likely to buy a Chinese electric vehicle, and just 25% said it would have no effect on their decision. At that time, only 9% said they would be more likely to purchase such a product if it were made in China.
