The Hungary facility, initially planned as a key hub for tariff-free EV distribution across the EU, is now facing setbacks due to rising labour and energy costs, along with uncertainty from the European Union’s decision to impose tariffs of up to 27% on electric vehicles imported from China.

Why would that make them want to slow down production?

At the same time, BYD’s plant in Manisa, Turkey, is set to see increased production, with annual capacity expected to exceed 150,000 vehicles by 2027. This move is part of BYD’s larger effort to expand locally manufactured battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the European market.

especially since Hungary is a full EU member state and Turkey is not [yet].

Regardless 27% is a lot better than the 100% that the U.S. implemented under Biden, and that’s ontop of the latest Trump tariffs. I haven’t heard, but I would be surprised if the POTUS hasn’t increased Biden’s too just because he doesn’t want any Democrat’s name on anything.

@CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml you are talking like just one dude importing his own or a local company importing to sell to the public?

@CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml does the EU have similar tariffs, is that why they’d want to make them there rather than just import them? I thought maybe it would be shipping costs for items as big as cars, but I figured shipping from China is not going to more expensive than from Japan. They are already shipping from Japan and I’m certain China is more efficient about it.

huh?

@Sunshine@lemmy.ca THIS, but fuck the metric system

@CalipherJones@lemmy.world what input did you give to get to this?

@return2ozma@lemmy.world

@ravenaspiring@sh.itjust.works or in other words we only want to help rich immigrants

@GeraldOfHillwood@lemmy.world

@orionsbelt@midwest.social dude, that’s not cool

@BrikoX@lemmy.zip

It’s not just America. I heard on Public Radio that practically every country in the world has scored worse on reading tests since 2020. I think Japan was the one excpetion.