Elon Musk star in a confrontation with the European Commission (CE). On this occasion, the conflict does not revolve around the alleged breach of the Digital Services Law (DSA) with X, but the focus is on the tariffs affecting the electric car. Political points out that Tesla has filed a lawsuit against the executive arm of the community block before the Court of Justice of the European Union (TJUE).
The automotive company adds, in this way, to the legal actions initiated by the Chinese giants Byd, Saic and Geely against the commission. The American renowned explains that the demands are aimed at leaving the compensation rights without effect, which entered into force in October last year. If the ruling is favorable for the plaintiffs, they could initiate a loss claim.
Tesla’s case against the EU
It should be noted that Tesla has not made comments about it. The information comes from two sources from the demanding sector, which have preferred to remain anonymous. Politic adds that the commission has approximately two months to prepare your strategy of defense against the multiple cases presented in Luxembourg in recent months.
Although there have been no reactions on the demand for Tesla, the Commission has issued public comments regarding the demand of Chinese manufacturers. Olof Gill, spokesman for Economic Security, Commerce and Financial Services, said they were prepared to respond to attempts to challenge the courts, making it clear that they have no intention of yielding to the pressures.
As we have indicated above, the good course of the case could allow the plaintiffs to request compensation for the money paid in compensatory rights. Now, Tesla has been The least affected manufacturer. The American company has production plants in different parts of the world, although Model 3 that are marketed in the European market come from Shanghai gigafactoría.
MG4 Electric
Tesla, who actively collaborated in the anti -subvent research of the community block, received a 7.8%”tariff”, the lowest among all manufacturers. Byd’s was 17%, Geely’s of 18.8%and SAIC’s reached 35.3%. In all cases, these compensatory rights are added to the 10% rate that the EU already applies to the importation of vehicles, a lien that has been in force.
Unlike Tesla, which has Berlin gigafactoría to manufacture model and batteries, Byd still does not have factories in Europe, although it is already planned to open one in Hungary. For its part, Saic, that Markets MG cars Like the MG4 Electric, it also does not produce vehicles inside the EU. Instead, Geely, who acquired Volvo in 2010, does have production lines in Sweden and Belgium.
Manufacturers that produce electric vehicles inside the EU can dodge tariffs. However, as we have pointed out, none of the Chinese companies affected by this anti -subvention measure manufactures vehicles in European territory. Now it’s time to wait to see what effect the demands will have. They may not achieve an absolute victory, but they could negotiate better tariff conditions.
Images | Alexey Larionov | Tesla
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