Ottawa will outline today how it intends to reimburse roughly $11 million owed to hundreds of auto dealerships that advanced discounts under the federal Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles program before it was abruptly suspended in January. The five-year scheme, which had distributed about $3 billion and offered consumers up to $5,000 per purchase, was paused after its budget was exhausted, leaving dealers on the hook for claims they had not yet filed. The suspension followed an end-of-program rush that included rebate submissions by Tesla totaling an estimated $43 million for 8,600 vehicles. Transport Canada is still reviewing those claims, but will now allow all dealers—Tesla included—to resubmit previously eligible transactions. Industry representatives say the reimbursement is critical as EV sales have fallen since the pause, sliding from 18.3 percent of new-vehicle registrations in December to 7.5 percent in April, according to Statistics Canada. Ministers are also studying a revised incentive that would concentrate support on electric models built in Canada or containing substantial domestic content. Policy advisers say such filters aim to bolster local manufacturing after criticism that large shares of the earlier program’s benefits flowed to foreign-made vehicles.