William Li, founder, chairman, and CEO of NIO Inc. (NYSE:NIO), has voiced his opposition to the European Union's newly imposed tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).
Despite this challenge, he reportedly emphasized that NIO's forthcoming models under its third brand, known as Firefly, remain poised to maintain competitiveness in the European market, CnEV Post reported.
"The EU originally imposed a 10 percent tariff on Chinese EVs, and now an additional 21 percent has been added, raising it to 31 percent, which is definitely not right," Li said at a user communication event in Tianjin on June 19, CnEV Post added.
He remarked that Europe serves as a global exemplar for clean energy and sustainability; however, the imposition of additional tariffs on Chinese EVs now represents a contradiction in principles.
Li also pointed out that the additional tariffs are still pending and a final decision is expected to be announced by October or November, the report added.
On June 12, the European Commission announced plans to impose provisional additional tariffs on electric vehicles imported from China, effective the following month.
These tariffs, ranging up to 38.1% and varying by carmaker, apply particularly to Nio and several other Chinese battery electric vehicle (BEV) manufacturers that participated in the investigation but were not directly sampled. For these companies, the additional tariff averages 21%.
Upon the announcement, Nio expressed strong opposition to these new European tariffs, affirming its unwavering commitment to the European market despite the imposed measures.
"We certainly don't want to end up with so many additional tariffs, but if that's what's ultimately decided, then for Firefly, even with these additional tariffs, it will still be competitive in Europe," Li said, CnEV Post added.
Price Action: NIO shares are trading lower by 1.58% to $4.36 premarket at last check Thursday.
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蔚來公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：NIO）創始人、董事長兼首席執行官李斌表示，他反對歐盟對中國電動汽車（EV）新徵收的關稅。
據CNev Post報道，儘管面臨這一挑戰，但據報道，他強調蔚來即將推出的第三個品牌Firefly的車型仍有望保持在歐洲市場的競爭力。
CNev Post補充說：“歐盟最初對中國電動汽車徵收10％的關稅，現在又增加了21％的關稅，將其提高到31％，這絕對是不對的。”
他表示，歐洲是清潔能源和可持續發展的全球典範；但是，現在對中國電動汽車徵收額外關稅在原則上是矛盾的。
報告補充說，李還指出，額外關稅仍在等待中，最終決定預計將在10月或11月公佈。
6月12日，歐盟委員會宣佈計劃對從中國進口的電動汽車徵收臨時額外關稅，該關稅將於下個月生效。
這些關稅最高爲38.1％，因汽車製造商而異，特別適用於參與調查但未直接抽樣的蔚來和其他幾家中國電池電動汽車（BEV）製造商。對於這些公司而言，額外關稅平均爲21％。
宣佈後，蔚來對這些新的歐洲關稅表示強烈反對，申明儘管採取了措施，但其對歐洲市場的堅定承諾。
CNev Post補充說：“我們當然不希望最終獲得這麼多的額外關稅，但如果這是最終的決定，那麼對於螢火蟲來說，即使有這些額外的關稅，它在歐洲仍將具有競爭力。”
價格走勢：蔚來股票在週四的最後一次盤前交易中下跌1.58％，至4.36美元。
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