Tesla has reversed a spec update on its Canadian website that had briefly given the paused Model 3 Premium Rear-Wheel Drive the same range and acceleration figures as the Fremont-built US version.
The car, assembled in Shanghai, has been unorderable in Canada since 12 October. Tesla paused Premium orders that day, saying its import quota had been exhausted under Canada's cap on Chinese-made electric vehicles.
Screenshots shared on X by user RJTesla showed the Premium listed on Monday with 584 kilometres of range and a 5.2-second 0-100 km/h time.
Those matched the figures Tesla quotes for the US-built Premium Rear-Wheel Drive, and for the Fremont-built Long Range Rear-Wheel Drive that Canada received before the supply switch to Shanghai in May.
By Tuesday morning the listing was back to 463 kilometres and 6.2 seconds, the specification shown before Monday's change. Tesla's configurator still showed the Premium greyed out.
Other Canadian listings have also drifted towards US specifications. The Model 3 Performance, the only Model 3 still orderable in Canada, now shows the 528 horsepower and 509-kilometre range Tesla introduced for the US Performance on 2 October, along with the 16-inch touchscreen from that update.
Government data complicate Tesla's quota claim. Global Affairs Canada reported 15,931 of 49,000 permits used in the quota's first year, leaving 33,069 available.
Only 328 vehicles have been recorded in the second six-month window, which opened on 1 September with 33,397 permits.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said in May that Chinese-built EVs entering Canada have "historically" been Teslas. Canadian Black Book estimated that 97% of such imports this year were Tesla vehicles, according to The Canadian Press.
A Fremont-built Premium would sidestep the quota but face Canada's 25% counter-tariff on US-made vehicles.
