Europe may slap retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs
electrek.co
Europe says it has found evidence that China has been “unfairly” subsidizing its EV exports to Europe. Possible “remedies” include retroactive tariffs.

The European Commission says China hasn’t been playing fair in that its government has been paying subsidies through “direct transfer of funds,” among other actions, reports Reuters – which the EC says tips the balance in China’s favor and leaves European automakers out to dry.

Back in October 2023, Europe launched its formal investigation into the Chinese EV industry, as European companies are struggling to compete with the cheap, high-tech Chinese imports, made by low-cost labor, entering the European Union.

  • FooBarrington@lemmy.worldEnglish
    202·
    9 months ago

    The rest are fine arguments, but this one:

    A lot of electricity is still made with fossil fuels

    is bad for several reasons:

    • power generation from fossil fuels gets more efficient when scaled up
    • fossil power plants can filter out more emissions than cars can
    • EVs can switch to better electricity sources, fossil burners will always be using fossil fuels
    • then_three_more@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      9 months ago
      • power plants are situated away from population centres reducing the amount of localised air pollution that people breathe in. (I feel people sometimes forget that there’s additional dangers of air pollution other than the climate crisis)