Europe has effectively banned Chinese cars so we have to buy them rebadged as bmw for 3x the price

jurgenburgen a day ago | parent | next [-]

That tariff barely covers the exchange rate manipulation. I do think it’s kind of stupid, for goods that are not strategic we should take advantage of the cheap EV prices so we can move more quickly on the green reforms.

The lower tariff on hybrid cars is even dumber, why do we want more polluting cars?

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pepperoni_pizza a day ago | parent [-]

Hybrid cars getting any benefits is dumb, I agree. But I would argue that automotive and just transportation in general are strategic sectors basically anywhere.

	▲	jurgenburgen 21 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think it’s debatable, trucks and vans are important for logistics but the tariff doesn’t even apply to them. The whole thing is just to protect car industry profits.

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origini a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No it hasn't and BYD has a factory in hungary now which solves the tarifs issue for BYD

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tecleandor a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I can see Jaeco, Omoda, BYD, Leapmotor, Lynk, MG... cars all day in Spain.

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