Canadian Press reports that Ontario Superior Court judge Frederick L. Myers has found in favour of Tesla Inc. against the Ontario government’s cancellation of an electric vehicle rebate program for the firm’s cars. He said the decision to exclude Tesla from a grace period for the program’s wind-down was arbitrary and had singled out Tesla for harm. Tesla launched the legal petition after the PC government ended the rebate program on July 11, but said it would extend the rebates to vehicles already sold through dealerships if they were delivered and registered within 60 days.The government later clarified that the extension only applied to vehicles sold through franchised dealerships, which excluded Tesla’s Ontario dealerships. Myers quashed the government’s exercise of discretion as it was made for an improper purpose and because it singled out Tesla without providing the car maker “any fair process whatsoever.” Canadian Press
