In early October, representatives of EU member states voted to pass the draft ruling of the EU electric vehicle anti -subsidy case, and planned to levy the final anti -subsidy tax on electric vehicles native to China. Based on this, the European Union passed this resolution, and it is expected to start a 45%import tariff on Chinese electric vehicles next month.
The European Commission announced that this decision aims to protect the EU’s automotive industry and prevent Chinese companies from obtaining unfair price advantages in the market due to government subsidies. The tariffs involved a number of car companies and a variety of electric vehicles, which are expected to have a significant impact on China’s EU exports in the EU market. At the end of 2023, the European Commission began to launch an anti -subsidy survey of Chinese electric vehicles and introduced temporary tariffs in July 2024. According to the results of October 4 disclosed by the European Union Commission, among the 27 member states of the EU, 10 countries voted to support tariffs, 5 countries voted to oppose them, and 12 countries were abstained.
In terms of specific tax rates, the European Union will impose 7.8%of Teslaga, BYD 17%, Geely 18.8%, and SAIC 35.3%of tariffs, while other electric vehicle manufacturers participating in the investigation but not sampled separately are levied 20.7%. The current domestic car import tariffs in Europe are 10%, which means that Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers enter the European market will face up to 45%of ultra -high tariffs.
It is worth noting that the supporting Fang is led by France and Italy. Both countries have no important car joint venture in China. Among them, the Italian Alpha Romeo has no sales, and Fiat has also withdrawn from China as early as 2018. Although the French car has a joint venture in China in China, its market has shrunk.
The opponent occupies a “place” in the domestic market. Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW, the major European car manufacturers, have successively stated that imposing tariffs on electric vehicles in China are “wrong practices.” In 2023, the three major car companies including Volkswagen Group, BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz Group, including Volkswagen Group, BMW Group, and Mercedes-Benz Group, sales in China were as high as 4.762 million, far exceeding the sales of 2.8 million vehicles in Germany.
The Volkswagen Group publicly called on the German government to oppose the EU tariffs and emphasized that punitive tariffs are not conducive to competition. Germany Prime Minister Tsugs also made it clear that Germany opposed the EU’s tariffs and Europe must continue to negotiate with China.
Traditional European car companies are relatively lagging in the transformation of electrification. Facing the strong rise of Chinese electric vehicles, the European Union chooses to build barriers with tariffs to fight for development time for local companies. At the same time, because electric vehicles produced in Europe will not be imposed by tariffs, many EU member states are in favor of imposing tariffs on electric vehicles on China. They also want to use this method to “force” Chinese companies to invest in Europe.
A person in charge of the overseas business of car companies told Ruijian to the car market that it had considered producing electric vehicles in Southeast Asia or other third -party countries and exported to the EU. However, according to its survey, after the anti -subsidy tariffs come into effect, the EU still has the right to conduct more targeted investigations on car companies. Therefore Preferably.
At present, many Chinese car companies such as Chery, BYD, Great Wall, SAIC, Xiaopeng, Geely and other Chinese car companies plan to build factories in Europe to respond to the challenges of EU electric vehicle tariffs.
However, the road to establishing a factory is by no means smooth sailing. In addition to considering the EU’s extremely rigorous environmental protection and employment standards. According to people familiar with the matter, the European Union put forward the requirements of sharing and even transfer of electric vehicle technology, thereby increasing their competitive strength of their local car companies, which is exactly the same as the joint venture method of foreign car companies when they entered China.
Two days before the official opening of the Paris Motor Show, after the 8 rounds of consultations between China and the European Union, there was still no substantial change in the situation, and high tariffs became a powerful resistance to China’s electric vehicle attempt to open the door of the European automobile market. However, in the new energy track, Chinese companies have the strength to compete with international giants. The latest generation of technology and lower pricing global models, focusing on intelligent capabilities. From the perspective of this Paris Auto Show, Chinese companies have determined to enter the European market. Essence Although it is difficult, the popularity of Chinese automobile brands in Europe is not diminishing. Facing the irreversible transformation of the automotive industry, it is imperative to continue to be in -depth global exploration.