IIRC it’s not tariffs that are keeping BYD out. There’s some kind of law that’s preventing them from selling their cars in the United States all together. I may be wrong about this I just seem to remember reading something of that nature.
In a nutshell, it was the tax credit. The law confirming the tax credit made it impossible for any foreign made electric vehicles to qualify for it. It is a protectionist scheme like the chicken tax, but implemented in a far different way.
On the plus side, if Trump axes the tax credit BYD may start selling in the US. Even with the ridiculously inflated tariffs, BYD is cheaper than a Tesla or other EV on the market.
IIRC it’s not tariffs that are keeping BYD out. There’s some kind of law that’s preventing them from selling their cars in the United States all together. I may be wrong about this I just seem to remember reading something of that nature.
This is what you’re thinking of:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax
No, that’s still just a tariff. It also only applies to light trucks. Doing a negligible amount of googling brought up this:
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/why-hasnt-byd-entered-the-us-with-its-evs-yet-blame-the-inflation-reduction-act-208737.html
In a nutshell, it was the tax credit. The law confirming the tax credit made it impossible for any foreign made electric vehicles to qualify for it. It is a protectionist scheme like the chicken tax, but implemented in a far different way.
On the plus side, if Trump axes the tax credit BYD may start selling in the US. Even with the ridiculously inflated tariffs, BYD is cheaper than a Tesla or other EV on the market.
It’s probably the same law that de facto bans French cars in the US.