Electric Car Companies Push Back Against Restrictive Trade Policies
The world of electric car manufacturing is expanding, as Chinese companies build new factories in more countries.
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Xpeng & NIO Respond to EU Tariffs
As reported earlier today, tariffs are now in place in Europe on electric cars produced in China. When it comes to Xpeng and NIO, two of the “smart electric vehicle” automakers that have been most proactive about selling their cars in Europe, they were not singled out for specific individual … [continued]
EU Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles Commence, But Discussions Ongoing
There are discussions ongoing between Chinese government officials and European Union (EU) officials and admin regarding tariffs on battery-electric cars produced in China. However, in the meantime, the tariffs went into effect today. In the announcement, the European Commission started off with the following: “Today, nine months after the initiation of an … [continued]
5 Best Selling Electric Cars in Europe — 2 Produced in China, 3 in Germany
I had a long conversation with Jose Pontes yesterday for our YouTube channel (video coming this weekend). One thing he noted was that the China EV tariffs are the story of the day, and it’s one of three main topics we discussed (the others being EV sales and Tesla). There … [continued]
Huge Solar Power Boom, Tariffs on Chinese Electric Cars — Top Cleantech Stories
I’ve been traveling for summer vacation with the family and skipped a week or two, but here’s another roundup of some top CleanTechnica articles from the past two weeks. Enjoy! And let us know if there are any favorites I missed here. The European Union (EU) announced tariffs on Chinese … [continued]
Why We Need To Work With China On Accelerating The Clean Energy Revolution
The tariffs recently placed on a variety of goods from China — including electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar cells, and batteries — are the latest in a slew of actions Washington, D.C., has taken to be tough on China. David Victor is the professor of innovation and public policy at the UC … [continued]
The Actual Benefit of High Tariffs on Chinese Electric Cars in Europe & USA
There has been a vast amount of discussion on Chinese electric cars making their way to European and US markets, and the European Union and USA putting high tariffs on these electric cars based on the assumption that production of these electric cars is being unfairly subsidized, overproduced, and then … [continued]
Tariffs & The Volvo EX30 — Who’s Winning Here?
New US tariffs on Chinese-made cars are creating a headache for Volvo and the debut of its EX30 compact electric SUV.
5 Ridiculous Things About The China–World EV Tariff Dispute — On Both Sides
One of the biggest issues in the electric vehicle industry lately has been Chinese electric vehicle exports to the US and Europe and whether those vehicles should face high tariffs. The argument is that China* is heavily subsidizing electric vehicle production, which leads to artificially low prices for its electric … [continued]
EU Commission Investigation Provisionally Concludes That Electric Vehicle Value Chains in China Benefit from Unfair…
As part of its ongoing investigation, the Commission has provisionally concluded that the battery electric vehicles (BEV) value chain in China benefits from unfair subsidisation, which is causing a threat of economic injury to EU BEV producers. The investigation also examined the likely consequences and impact of measures on importers, users and consumers of … [continued]
