BMW has joined Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers in the action that the brands initiated with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to contest the European Union (EU) tariffs on 100% electric vehicles manufactured in China.
According to “Reuters,” the court document shows that the German brand filed a complaint in the General Court, the smaller of the two chambers of the Court of Justice of the European Union, on January 21, one day before the deadline for submitting challenges, alongside the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers BYD, Geely, and SAIC.
It should be noted that the EU imposed tariffs on electric vehicles manufactured in China at the end of October following an investigation that concluded that the value chain of 100% electric vehicles in China benefits from subsidies from the Beijing government.
As a result, the European Commission introduced customs tariffs of up to 35.3% on Chinese car manufacturers, including 17% for BYD, 18.8% for Geely, and 35.3% for SAIC, in addition to the EU’s base import tax of 10% on cars.
For BMW, which manufactures the electric Mini Cooper and the 100% electric Mini Aceman in China, the European Commission applied a tariff of 20.7%.
