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First of the off-lease US-spec Mirai showing up in Canada.

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  1. Tideland Prius

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    CAD $42k for a used US-spec Mirai.(Canadian spec starts from 2019.. although there may be a few fleet or specialty Mirai models from earlier model years)

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    Been seeing a few of them for sale on lots in SoCal. One had 13K miles for $19k. Not a bad deal, made me think about it.
     
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    Yeah but that price translates to US$31k using 65cents to the CAD.
     
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    Canadians always pay the “European price” for US cars,
    I guess you guys just have more $$$ and seem to get our castoffs?

    What I found more amazing was the extremely high percentages of crashed US EVs that get exported, 20 years ago a majority of crashed cars getting exported would have been unheard of
     
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    Well 1/10th the population of the US might have something to do with purchasing power ;).

    I think California has a greater population than Canada.
     
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    i read that pharma was cheaper up there
     
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    But who has more hydrogen stations?:)
     
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    Yeah we only have 1 in the entire province
     
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    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    I believe that's more than Pennsylvania.

    There were, at most, 3000 Mirai sold or leased in California. One ending up exported to Canada doesn't seem like a good sign on demand for the car.
     
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    It’s not on sale to the public in Canada. It is available in Quebec to fleet buyers and will be available to BC fleet buyers in July.

    I have seen several 2nd gen RAV4 EVs. No idea where they’re getting their service done.
     
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    one fueling station and a $40,000. car? sounds like a perfect government solution :ROFLMAO:
     
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    That doesn't exactly improve the appearance of demand for the car in California.

    Or did the US-space phrase throw me off. Is this car an off Canadian fleet lease, not an off US lease import?
     
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    It's a US off-lease import because it's a 2016 model. I don't think Mirais were available until last year.
     
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    But Fuel Cell vehicles are the future. Not those fad EVs. Toyota told me so!
     
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    well, the year 3000 is still aways off...
     
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    $19K US come to $24934.37 CDN.
     
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    Sorry I realized it was clear. I was talking about the $41,985 from the photo in the original post. That one translate to $31,100 at 1.35x
     
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    You should investigate more on Hydrogen, many countries are leaning towards hydroelectric over pure BEV. The US trucking industry is also more likely to go Hydroelectric.
     
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    Is that really what they're calling it? It brings to mind an image of a huge water wheel attached to the back of the vehicle. And it provokes a line of criticism common with other renewable energy sources: it only works when it's sunny/windy/raining.
     
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    I was also confused at first, until I realized its just a fancier name for a hydrogen-powered FCV.

    Also to the "only works when its sunny/windy/etc" argument, I like to retort "its always sunny/windy/etc somewhere".
     
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