Bernie Ecclestoned to [email protected]English • 1 year agoUK Car Manufacturing Boosted by Strong EU Exportsuk.investing.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down14
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minus-square@CAVOKlinkEnglish2•1 year ago“Hawes does, however, express concern that looming EU rules on rules of origin for car components could stifle the UK’s electric vehicle production.” People buying their car now to avoid having to pay more later perhaps?
minus-squareBernie EcclestonedOPlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoThose looming rules that are about to get a screeching u turn?
minus-square@CAVOKlinkEnglish2•1 year agoMaybe? If it’s beneficial to the EU27, then perhaps. Politics is tricky.
minus-squareBernie EcclestonedOPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoNot any more Renault, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Ferrari were among the 13 large manufacturers who wrote on Tuesday to Ursula von der Leyen asking for a delay to “rules of origin” that are scheduled to come into force on 1 January. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/25/eu-carmakers-call-for-delay-in-post-brexit-tariffs-on-electric-vehicles-rules-of-origin
minus-square@CAVOKlinkEnglish1•1 year agoThat’s the manufacturers, not the politicians who make the decision. https://www.politico.eu/article/brexit-europe-carmakers-spooked-as-discussions-over-ev-rules-falter/
minus-squareBernie EcclestonedOPlinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-21 year agoThe same politicians who dole out massive subsidies to car makers? Those ones? Lol.
“Hawes does, however, express concern that looming EU rules on rules of origin for car components could stifle the UK’s electric vehicle production.”
People buying their car now to avoid having to pay more later perhaps?
Those looming rules that are about to get a screeching u turn?
Maybe? If it’s beneficial to the EU27, then perhaps. Politics is tricky.
The Germans want it
IIRC correctly the French doesn’t.
Not any more
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/25/eu-carmakers-call-for-delay-in-post-brexit-tariffs-on-electric-vehicles-rules-of-origin
That’s the manufacturers, not the politicians who make the decision.
https://www.politico.eu/article/brexit-europe-carmakers-spooked-as-discussions-over-ev-rules-falter/
The same politicians who dole out massive subsidies to car makers? Those ones? Lol.