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China's electric vehicle makers face uphill battle in Europe (www.dw.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by MicroWave to c/world

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China has been accused of dumping cheap electric cars on EU countries. But poor sales, price wars and tariff threats have prompted a mood change among some Chinese auto producers.

European policymakers warned a few months ago that the continent was being flooded with cheap Chinese electric vehicles. They accused Beijing of backing major production overcapacity to allow China's automakers to grow their share of the global EV market.

The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, launched an anti-subsidy probe into the oversupply issue late last year and warned China's EV makers that they could face a new import tariff to offset what Brussels said was unfair competition for European carmakers.

The United States is due to levy a 100% import tax on Chinese-made electric cars, up from the current 25%, which will effectively keep Chinese automakers out of the US market. The EU currently levies a 10% tariff.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I understand, it's important to be price gorged locally now rather than being potentially price gorged in the future, perhaps.

[–] Badeendje -2 points 2 weeks ago

No the European car makers need to make 15 and 20k EVs for sure. But letting your industrial base be atrofied by government funded companies worked well for out pharma industry.. or our solar panel industry.or.. should I go on?

Dependence on china for anything is asking for trouble.