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Despite new tariffs on Chinese EV imports in the US and Europe, BYD is widening its lead in key auto markets like Southeast Asia and South America. The Chinese automaker is already a leading EV brand in these countries as it expands into new markets. It’s even cracking into Japan’s autoindustry, a market dominated by Toyota.
In June, the EU announced import tariffs on Chinese EVs ranging from 17.4% The rationale behind the new tariffs is that the Chinese government has unfairly subsidized its autoindustry, enabling Chinese automakers to sell EVs at prices European brands can’t match. BYD has established a factory in Hungary.
It’s official: The European Union is moving ahead with increased tariffs on Chinese-made EVs to as much as 45.3% – in an effort to save its autoindustry from total demise. Since the US and Canada apply 100% tariffs on EVs coming from China, Europe has been the most obvious choice for Chinese expansion.
As the European Union slaps more restrictive tariffs on EVs pouring in from China, Chinese automakers have found a workaround: they’ll just make and export hybrids instead, since hybrids of all varieties are bizarrely exempt from the tariff scheme. The European Union’s latest EV tariffs of up to 45.3%
Today, BYD employes 130,000 people in 11 factories, either in China and one each in India, Hungary and Rumania. car companies and battery makers as much as the Chinese government is going to help BYD. This could turn out to be one of Buffett’s very best deals. government is going to help U.S.
For example, with increasing evidence of genocidal Chinese government towards Uyghur residents, including forced labor camps, the lack of transparency regarding whether any Chinese EVs benefit from such labor prompts me to deduct 1 production point from China (out of ~25 it had earned). Globally ~14k Ioniq BEVs were sold.
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