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    2 days ago

    Chinese EVs have up to 45% tariffs in the EU. The exact amount is different for each company and depends on the amount of state funding that company had received

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      2 days ago

      up to 45%

      13% is about average, brands that cooperate with EU have lower rates, obviously brands that export to EU cooperate.
      AFAIK no brand is paying anything near 45%.

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        7 hours ago

        13% is certainly not the average. Not sure who upvotes such utter dubious information.

        All foreign cars have a 10% base import fee in the EU. Adding to that up to 35% extra anti-subsidy tariff.

        Byd: 27%

        Geely: 28%

        Saic: 45%

        Nio: 31%

        Xpeng: 31%

        Other: 45%

        Excluding shipping, handling and homologation and not including VAT that is applied on top of the tariffs.

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          19 hours ago

          I was not aware of the 10% base duty for all cars into EU.
          But the rates you state are general for a brand, but do not account for per model negotiations:

          https://www.reuters.com/world/china/eu-tariffs-imports-china-made-evs-2026-02-11/

          Carmakers can now negotiate tariff exemptions for individual electric models imported from China.

          Cupra Tavascan has achieved a 0% duty, and Tesla is 7.8%.
          I suspect several of the more popular Chinese models, have negotiated lower rates too.

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            7 hours ago

            Thanks for the follow up. It is worth mentioning that both Tesla and Cuprsa Tavascan are not Chinese owned.

            The biggest/most popular Chinese manufacturers in the EU are BYD, SAIC, Geely, NIO and Xpeng.