The Spanish Volkswagen subsidiary Seat warns in connection with the EU special tariffs for vehicles built in China of the loss of 1500 European jobs. Since October, the EU has been raising additional tariffs on electric cars manufactured in China-for the Tavascan electric model of the Seat sister brand Cupra manufactured in the Chinese VW plant, it is 20.7 percent. With a sales price of 50,000 to 60,000 euros, this will be his company in the current year Seat boss Wayne Griffiths told Reuters news agency. As early as 2024, Seat missed his financial goals. “We don’t have much time,” said the manager. “We have to come to a solution within the first quarter.” If the additional custom is not canceled or reduced, Seat will have to delete the loss loan from the model range. He emphasized the importance of the Seat second brand Cupra, which is particularly successful among young customers, for the Spanish manufacturer: “If Cupra is in danger, Seat is in the end.” Without the electro-cupra, however, the company would have a new problem: it would be more difficult that would be To meet EU limit values for CO2 fleet emissions. To do this, carmakers can either buy emission loans from e-car manufacturers or shorten their own production of emission-rich combustion engines. “We can’t repair that overnight,” said Griffiths. “So what do you do? Fewer combustion engines produce and start releasing people. That will happen if we don’t find a solution. ”Seat and VW managers have been negotiating with EU representatives about the Tavascan for months.
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