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Tariff Response: Polestar 3 Production Begins in South Carolina

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government recently announced severe tariffs on Chinese-built vehicles, reaching 100 percent in some cases. While some of the staggering number of Chinese automakers have expressed no interest in selling here, some of the United States’ more recognizable auto brands are owned by companies in the country, including Volvo and Polestar.

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Tesla to build small new LFP battery cell factory with CATL machines, report says

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A new report states that Tesla is going to build a small new LFP battery cell factory with CATL machines in Nevada. According to a new report from Bloomberg report, Tesla plans to build a “small facility” using “idle equipment” from CATL. The new “small facility” will reportedly build LFP battery cells for Tesla’ Megapacks.

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Tesla Model Y trim gets minimal price increase in China

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lineup of Model Y trims was added to the IRS’s list of vehicle qualifying for federal tax credits in early February, Tesla pushed prices up slightly. Tesla builds its cars for the Chinese market in Shanghai at its dedicated production facility known as Gigafactory Shanghai. After the entire U.S.

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China is Unhappy with the Inflation Reduction Act and Has Complained to the WTO

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Among many other things, the Inflation Reduction Act changed the way EV tax credits work in the United States. With an eye on reducing America’s dependence on Chinese batteries and materials, the Act incentivizes automakers to source materials from free-trade-compliant countries and build EVs in North America.

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Trade wishes Treasury steerage on Inflation Aid Business’s EV sourcing laws, executives say

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31 on key provisions homogeneous to the Inflation Aid Business’s EV tax credit together with laws laid out beneath Category 30D. “It’s important to recognize that there are Chinese investments all over the place,” she stated. The Treasury Area stated endmost life it plans to factor steerage by way of Dec.

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Nissan and Honda may team up to slash EV prices and take on Chinese automakers like BYD

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Nissan and Honda are considering teaming up to introduce more affordable EVs to compete with Chinese automakers like BYD. The aim is to reduce EV prices as the automakers look to Chinese automakers with low-cost models like BYD. With the $7,500 EV tax credit, the EV starts at under $40,000.

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Tesla is sneakily testing Fremont-built refreshed Model 3 vehicles

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We expected that Tesla would wait into the new year to bring the updated Model 3 to production in the US in order to not negatively affect its end-of-the-year and to keep the demand trigger for when the vehicle loses access to the tax credit. But now it looks like Tesla might be using the Chinese badging as a decoy.