BRUSSELS, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The European Commission has imposed further duties connected imported electrical vehicles made successful China since 2024, though nether European Union rules carmakers tin present negociate tariff exemptions for idiosyncratic electrical models imported from China.
In February 2026 the Commission approved, successful a archetypal specified move, a petition by Volkswagen's Cupra marque to escaped its Tavascan SUV coupe, which is made successful China, from import tariffs successful speech for a minimum terms and yearly quota model.
Chinese automakers are present looking astatine applying for akin deals for EV models they privation to vessel to Europe, according to the China Chamber of Commerce to the EU.
The EU had antecedently chopped the projected last tariffs connected China-made Tesla cars and somewhat trimmed rates for different carmakers, aft taking into relationship submissions by the companies successful its anti-subsidy investigation.
The pursuing tariffs are connected apical of the EU's standard 10% import work for cars.
Includes/Additional
Company Notes* Definitive
countervailing
duty
BYD Group — BYD Auto 17%
— BYD Auto Industry
— Changsha BYD Auto
— Changsha Xingchao Auto
— Changzhou BYD Auto
— Fuzhou BYD Industrial
— Hefei BYD Auto
— Jinan BYD Auto
Geely Group Asia Euro Automobile Manufacture 18.8%
(Taizhou)
— Chongqing Lifan Passenger
Vehicle
— Fengsheng Automobile (Jiangsu)
— Shanxi New Energy Automobile
Industry
— Zhejiang Geely Automobile
— Zhejiang Haoqing Automobile
Manufacturing
— Zhongjia Automobile
Manufacturing (Chengdu)
SAIC Group — SAIC MAXUS Automotive 35.3%
— SAIC Motor Corporation
— Nanjing Automobile (Group)
Corporation
— SAIC Volkswagen Automotive
— SAIC GM Wuling Automobile
— SAIC General Motors
Tesla * The EU sets an individually 7.8%
(Shanghai) calculated duty complaint for Tesla
Co Ltd aft a petition from the U.S. EV
maker. It had earlier been
designated arsenic a cooperating
company.
Other - Aiways Automobile 20.7%
Co-operating — Anhui Jianghuai Automobile
Companies Group
— BMW Brilliance Automotive
— Chery Automobile
— China FAW Corp
— Chongqing Changan Automobile
— Dongfeng Motor Group
— Great Wall Motor
— Leapmotor Automobile
— Nanjing Golden Dragon Bus
— NIO Holding
— XPeng Inc
Volkswagen *The European Commission 0%
Cupra approved a petition by
Tavascan SUV Volkswagen's Cupra brand to free
coupe its Tavascan SUV coupe, which is
made successful China, from import
tariffs successful speech for a
minimum price and import quota.
All Other 35.3%
Companies
(Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop successful Brussels; Writing by Adam Jourdan, Editing by William Maclean)

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