Biden Is Trying to Buy EVs Time With New Tariffs on China. It Might Not Work

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1. By Aarian Marshall

   The Biden administration announced a near-unprecedented 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles, a move the White House said would protect the American industry from “unfairly priced Chinese imports.” Previously, tariffs on Chinese EVs sat at 25 percent.

   The move, just the latest in a flurry of actions taken by the Biden administration against Chinese vehicles and their components, comes at a delicate time for the US electric vehicle industry, which lags behind China not only in vehicle price but quality.

   China’s lead in electrics, experts say, stems from years of investment in vehicle software, battery, and, critically, supply chain development. BYD, which briefly overtook Tesla as the world’s top EV seller last fall, has been manufacturing electric vehicles since 2003.

   The tariffs are also meant to start the clock on the US’s own domestic electric vehicle development, which will need more and cheaper electric cars, but also the batteries and battery supply chains to make them go.

   Read the full story: [https://www.wired.com/story/new-ev-china-tariffs-biden/](https://www.wired.com/story/new-ev-china-tariffs-biden/)

2. rather duplicitous to insist the urgency of climate change yet work against a marketable solution

3. I mean it is to protect union jobs, but propping up the US auto manufacturers is a lost cause. They are already trying to abandon their EV lineups and are living off of overpriced luxury cars, big trucks and suvs. All the while china has been ramping up its EV lineups and even offer affordable EV options that are cheaper than most of the so called affordable US cars.

4. “Unfairly priced” LOL