Tesla on Thursday stated it would possible improve the Europe costs of its Mannequin 3 car from July 1 after the European Union stated it may impose provisional increased tariffs on electrical vehicles imported from China.

“We’re anticipating a requirement for us to extend pricing for Mannequin 3 automobiles as of 1 July 2024,” a discover on Tesla’s web site stated. “This is because of extra import duties more likely to be imposed on electrical automobiles manufactured in China and bought within the E.U.”

The corporate didn’t disclose by how a lot it plans to hike the Mannequin 3 worth for Europe presently.

The European Fee, the EU’s government arm, this week stated that it’s elevating tariffs on vehicles imported from China to the 27-nation bloc. The upper duties are the results of an EU probe into the Chinese language EV sector which concluded that the battery-electric automobiles worth chain in China “advantages from unfair subsidisation.”

These provisional duties will come into impact from July 4, if the EU doesn’t attain an answer with Chinese language authorities. So-called definitive measures will likely be carried out 4 months after this.

Chinese language EVs face tariffs as much as 38.1% to this point. Whereas some EV makers obtained particular duties, Tesla has not but been advised the precise obligation it must pay for vehicles it makes in China and imports into the EU.

The Fee stated at this stage, Tesla “could obtain an individually calculated obligation charge.”

Shanghai is residence to one in all Tesla’s greatest Gigafactories. In 2023, the U.S. automaker delivered 947,000 automobiles from its Shanghai manufacturing facility with 600,000 going to the China market and the remaining exported, in response to Chinese language state media.