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Fortune
Ryan Hogg

Why did Europe reject a Chinese proposal to sell EVs for a minimum of €30K?

The ''BYD Explorer No. 1'' car carrier is being loaded with new energy vehicles for export at the port of Yantai, Shandong Province, China, on January 10, 2024. (Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images)

The Chinese government reportedly offered to sell EVs for a minimum of €30,000 in Europe to stave off eventual tariffs implemented by the EU, but the proposal still fell way below the average price of an EV in the region. 

A divided EU instead voted in favor of implementing enhanced tariffs on Chinese EV imports after the European Commission’s lengthy probe found evidence of anticompetitive state-backed subsidies. 

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