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EU to put tariffs of up to 38% on Chinese electric vehicles as trade war looms
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2024
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Sure. So let us do it better in Europe then. This just sounds like defensive excuses. Europe's car makers could have decided - or been forced - to switch to electric. Europe could have banned the abomination that is the combustion scooter, or taxed to oblivion the SUV. We collectively decided that Volkswagen's short-term profits are more important than our environment or our economic future. That's on us, it's not China's fault.
Europe has forced car makers to switch to electric, for 2035. It's just not viable to do it overnight.
Yes yes I do know that. Somehow China found it was "viable", though. That is the issue.
It wouldn't have been viable in China either, but they simply didn't have any meaningful ICE-car production to note