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Here’s what to know about Europe’s new vote on Chinese tariffs

Baua Electric

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 auto industry from total demise. Subsidized solar panels have also wiped out European solar producers , and European governments are hoping the auto industry can avoid the same fate.

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China has found a workaround for strict tariffs: heaps of hybrids

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on Chinese EVs are designed to protect its struggling auto industry from Chinese competition, with Chinese automakers flooding the bloc with cheap imports. BYD is also considering manufacturing both EVs and hybrids at its new plant in Hungary. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. Get started here.

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China says it will ‘rein in’ the flood of EVs coming our way

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Back in September, the EU launched an investigation into the Chinese EV industry, as European companies are struggling to compete with the cheap, high-tech Chinese imports, made by low-cost labor, entering the EU. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The car came straight to Omaha from the Detroit auto show. BYDs breakthrough all-electric E6, photographed at this years Detroit auto show. Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania. EMAIL | PRINT | SHARE | RSS DIGG FACEBOOK DEL.ICIO.US More Out of work 6 months.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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Since the general auto market remained slumped, global EV market share increased nicely from 2.8% France’s auto industry is probably the largest Western auto industry that goes completely under the radar in the US. If Norway also had an auto or EV-battery industry, no country could catch it in the charts. Yup, yup, yup.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Today, BYD employes 130,000 people in 11 factories, either in China and one each in India, Hungary and Rumania. The Shenzhen manufacturing region, where the company is headquartered, is known for cheap unskilled labor, but BYD’s competitive advantage derives from its cheap skilled labor.

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China’s EV brands are coming to bury US automakers—or are they? – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Chinese OEMs are now producing good-quality vehicles, and thanks to cheap labor, government subsidies and economies of scale, they’re able to offer these at prices no Western automaker can hope to match. It’s building factories in Brazil, Thailand, Hungary and Uzbekistan, and will soon break ground on a plant in Mexico.