The automaker estimates its struggling China business will cost $5 billion, but it isn't giving up on the country yet.
GM finally made EVs "variable profit positive," meaning the EVs revenue cover the costs to make them. Here are the goals for 2025.
On May 24, 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited SAIC Motor and emphasized that the development of new energy vehicles (NEVs) was essential for China to transition from being a major auto producer to an auto powerhouse.
China’s SAIC expects its full-year profit to come in at between RMB 1.5 and RMB 1.9 billion in 2024, representing a plunge of between 87% and 90%, due to
A joint venture between China’s SAIC Motor Corp Ltd. and India’s JSW Group plans to roll out a plug-in hybrid car next year and has sought lower local taxes to lure price-conscious Indians to these greener vehicles.
Tesla's legal challenge is in response to the EU introducing tariffs at the end of October of 7.8 percent on Tesla's China-made vehicles. The bloc has also set tariffs of up to 35.3 percent on other China-made EVs. The new tariffs come on top of a 10 percent standard import tariff that was already in place for electric vehicle imports into the EU.
Tesla and BMW sue EU over tariffs on electric vehicles from China, joining Chinese automakers that filed claims. Read more.
China’s BYD, Geely, and SAIC have filed complaints at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) against the European Commission, seeking to avoid
Chinese EV makers BYD, Geely, and SAIC contested EU's import duties at Court of Justice. Tesla excluded from tariffs, gaining only 7.8% tax.
MG has returned to the South African market after exiting the country in 2016. The former British brand belongs to Shanghai giant SAIC Motor, which acquired it in 2007.
The EU Commission had imposed duty rates on Chinese-made EVs in a bid to encourage domestic manufacturing. Tesla was subjected to the lowest rate of 7.8%, while other automakers such as SAIC Motor faced tariffs as high as 35%. These rates are in addition to a 10% standard import tariff.
Automakers are pushing back against the application of the tariffs imposed by the European Union on Chinese-built electric vehicles, which came into effect in late October year. Not surprisingly, the first action came from Chinese