Two years of disruptions caused by the pandemic, the microchip shortage and a wide range of supply chain challenges are prompting automakers and suppliers to pursue a better sense of where their parts are.

The additional EV tax credit came under fire from Manchin as well as from non-union EV-maker Tesla Inc. and foreign-owned automakers such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co.

The federal government continues the march toward its Sept. 1 target to enact a new luxury tax on vehicles that cost more than $100,000, despite stiff opposition from dealers and a warning from Ottawa’s budget watchdog that the tax would cause luxury-vehicle sales to decline by more than half a billion dollars over the next five years.

A price hike last November barred new Model 3 orders from receiving the $5,000-federal-purchase incentive, yet over the past six months, the government awarded incentives to nearly 7,000 Model 3 buyers who had pre-ordered the vehicle ahead of the price change, Transport Canada data shows.