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minus-square@saltesclinkEnglish19•edit-25 months agoDo it. The attractiveness of EU cars in China has a lot to do with expression of wealth, status, and exclusivity. It’s free marketing. Make a cheaper model aimed at the market to offset the tarrif and the logo on front will sell itself.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•5 months agoAccording to this reddit post many European car brands are offering massive discounts to compensate for lack of sales. https://www.reddit.com/r/electricvehicles/comments/1d9d2fv/as_china_shifts_to_evs_dealers_forced_to_offer/ China is already at around 50% of new cars being plugin electric https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/26/44-plugin-vehicle-market-share-in-china-april-2024-sales-report/
Do it. The attractiveness of EU cars in China has a lot to do with expression of wealth, status, and exclusivity. It’s free marketing.
Make a cheaper model aimed at the market to offset the tarrif and the logo on front will sell itself.
According to this reddit post many European car brands are offering massive discounts to compensate for lack of sales.
https://www.reddit.com/r/electricvehicles/comments/1d9d2fv/as_china_shifts_to_evs_dealers_forced_to_offer/
China is already at around 50% of new cars being plugin electric
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/26/44-plugin-vehicle-market-share-in-china-april-2024-sales-report/
Had.