Why is Prius Prime so much cheaper in Canada?

because the current us government is pushing american made to an extent

 

We in Canada make up the difference in our income taxes.


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A yen is worth 1 cent Canadian and 0.74 cent US. That's why.
With the dollar near a 10 year vs nearly all our major trade partners, imports will cost more.

 

You're right I have the import effect flipped.

 

no, i'm saying toyota ev's don't qualify for a tax credit

 

also, are the packages exactly the same?

 

How many Toyota dealers in Canada take US dollars? Converting the price to US dollars only means it's cheaper than the US version for those with income in US dollars. The Canadian price can be at the same level of affordability for someone in Canada as the the US price is for someone here.

The a company is free to set prices free of their actual costs. The 2017 Prius Prime was cheap in the US compared to the rest of the world; at least $2000 less than the price(USD) in Canada.

Didn't notice any. There are regulatory differences in things like DRLs, but nothing to account for the price difference.

 

There should be plenty. I think Traffic Jam Assist is standard on all Primes in the US versus in Canada it only starts in the XSE at a 5k cad difference. The screen is automatically a 12.3'' in the XSE in Canada but in the US I think it's an extra, etc. There's a few small differences as far as I'm aware. I also don't even know if the Prime in Canada in any trim is supposed to get the 1500W inverters.

In my province, it's also a 15% sales tax on the car, mind you there's an extra EV rebate. It looks like the lack of US EV rebates is really what makes the difference. Total rebates should be 7.5k cad in EV rebates which brings the total to 40k CAD for an SE in Canada or about 30K USD.

 

I've heard other people say that but I don't really see it happening. All smaller and cheaper cars are being phased out, average car price is going up. PHEVs and EVs in general are very expensive, people don't notice it as much until they lose EV rebates or they lower them. They already lowered them in my province last year. Interest rates on Toyota Canada website is 7.19% and the waitlists haven't stopped. My dealer claim they have 150 reservations for Prius Primes (a lot of 2022 were not delivered so they were added to the reservations) and claim they will only receive 40 this year. Then again, Canadian and US markets are different but the situation doesn't seem much better in the US right now.

 

Your taxes also pay for medical whereas in retirement if we make just a teeny bit above not working at all we have to take it in the shorts with exorbitant (I.R.M.A.) exorbitant policy payments. ....
So the price difference probably relates to something else.
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Ah, I didn't look into the advanced safety features. The driver monitoring built into the Traffic Jam Assist can easily be priced at $1000. The TJA is a pretty new feature; Prius might be the first non-luxury model with it. I'm not seeing BSM and cross traffic alert, nor Safe Exit listed for the Canadian model at all.

The base trim price differences could be explained by the lack of features on the Canadian model that are standard on the American one.

If production hits levels of the previous model, Toyota might run incentives to make up for the lack of government ones in the US.

 

Toyota doesn't come to your house and remove the cameras and other hardware for the needed driver monitoring system if you cancel the subscription. They aren't going to give it away for free; it costs more than seat heaters. They charged you for it in the price of the car. Also for the additional software in the computer.

Thus, at least partly, why the US SE has a higher price than the Canadian model.

Why is TJA subscription? Is it geo-fenced, require accurate maps?