The decision is a major boon for affordable Chinese automakers like BYD that are steadily gaining ground in the European market.
The decision is a major boon for affordable Chinese automakers like BYD that are steadily gaining ground in the European market.
Because buyers don’t have a choice.
I wish I could buy a small €10k sodium battery EV.
But the only option even remotely close is Dacia Spring, which has bad crash safety, and still over the budget.
So you either go with expensive car, which will be under VW umbrella since they make most of the cars sold here, or pay the same amount thanks to tariffs for chinese brand.
VW has Europe by the balls, and I’m not happy about it. And I have a VW car.