Iran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as Chinese have done, experts say
  • blackbeans@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 month ago

    13% is certainly not the average. Not sure who upvotes such utter dubious information.

    All foreign cars have a 10% base import fee in the EU. Adding to that up to 35% extra anti-subsidy tariff.

    Byd: 27%

    Geely: 28%

    Saic: 45%

    Nio: 31%

    Xpeng: 31%

    Other: 45%

    Excluding shipping, handling and homologation and not including VAT that is applied on top of the tariffs.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I was not aware of the 10% base duty for all cars into EU.
      But the rates you state are general for a brand, but do not account for per model negotiations:

      https://www.reuters.com/world/china/eu-tariffs-imports-china-made-evs-2026-02-11/

      Carmakers can now negotiate tariff exemptions for individual electric models imported from China.

      Cupra Tavascan has achieved a 0% duty, and Tesla is 7.8%.
      I suspect several of the more popular Chinese models, have negotiated lower rates too.

      • blackbeans@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        Thanks for the follow up. It is worth mentioning that both Tesla and Cuprsa Tavascan are not Chinese owned.

        The biggest/most popular Chinese manufacturers in the EU are BYD, SAIC, Geely, NIO and Xpeng.