Tesla sues EU over tariffs on electric vehicles from China

[cavok@lemmy.world]

Paywall? https://archive.is/cnVJk

[loaf@sh.itjust.works]

There is so much irony in this. I can't.

[dmmacniel@feddit.org]

Uh dafuq?

Why does Tesla sues for tarrifs on china ev imports when they have a factory in the heart of Europe? Where is the sense in that?

Does Tesla Shanghai produce more than Tesla Germany?

[empireoflove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Not really. Tesla builds cars and a lot of components in China now and probably wants to start exporting them for cheap.

[rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca]

He can probably build them cheaper in China.

[faebudo@infosec.pub]

"The company currently exports Model 3 vehicles from Shanghai to the EU, while it produces the Model Y in Berlin."

It's right there in the article if anyone would care to read it.

[halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world]

Not all of the factories produce all of the models. This is true for basically all vehicle manufacturers.

Probably some exceptions for smaller and new EV companies that only have 1-2 models.

[dmmacniel@feddit.org]

To me every Tesla electric car is a Tesla electric car. So apologies for my car ignorance.

[justjack23@slrpnk.net]

Yes and you can see the greed they have, not only they have lower tariffs that the rest of Chinese manufacturers, not only that they benefit greatly by these same tariffs because they cannot compete neither by cost nor quality, but they sue to be completely exempt from them.... Fucking pathetic...

Edit: typos

[riodoro1@lemmy.world]

Germany still isn’t closing his factory.

[bufalo1973@lemm.ee]

A nice way for Tesla to not pay those tariffs is to get the fuck out of the EU.

[cyberegg@discuss.tchncs.de]

The irony here is that the US' (Musk is now part of the government, mind you) constant threatening about tariffs on EU imports. But when someone imposes tariffs (that are lesser than on Tesla's competition) on one of their companies (and only products from one region), they gotta sue. Whiny little crybaby.

[geissi@feddit.org]

And why would they?
Afaik no European country just arbitrarily "closes" companies because of the behavior of one of their shareholders.

[30p87@feddit.org]

To me every Nazimobil is just a way to circumvent § 111 ("Public incitement to commit offences") on lemmy to not get banned, thanks to @Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org

[peter_arbeitslos@feddit.org]

To me every Tesla is just an unit or Nikola Tesla.

[boreengreen@lemm.ee]

Good luck with that

[tilgare@lemmy.world]

It wasn't your "car" ignorance that was the issue, it was your "failed to read the article before commenting" ignorance that was in question.

[dmmacniel@feddit.org]

I skimmed the article, how else would I have explicitly mentioned Tesla Shanghai? Also what is stopping Tesla Germany to also produce whatever Model? So this rattling by Tesla is just about not no longer be able to rely on cheap china labor.

[albert180@discuss.tchncs.de]

Why do they get lower tariffs?

[tilgare@lemmy.world]

It's certainly true that they're profitting off of the cheaper labor. I imagine their factory in Germany only has so much capacity and is tooled for manufacture of specific models. The original strategy with the resources they had lead them to break down their global manufacturing strategy in this way; but that's not to say they CANNOT do it differently, it just made fiscal sense due to probably a thousand different factors.

So I imagine that yes, they COULD move operations to the EU. But it's probably cheaper to fight legal battles and continue to operate this way for years while they're resolved in the courts.