Latest news, updates, and insights from the China EV Mart team.
China builds left-hand-drive cars, but the UK, Ireland, Australia, and Japan drive on the left. A China-market EV can't be registered in RHD markets without conversion — here's the real market map and why it matters more than the tariff.
MG's budget EVs carry the EU's highest 35.3% countervailing duty — yet the MG4 still lands cheaper than a BYD Dolphin. The reason is a tariff paradox: base price, not the rate, decides the budget segment. Full landed-cost math.
SAIC — parent of MG, Maxus, Roewe and Wuling — pays a 35.3% countervailing duty, more than double BYD's 17%. Full tariff-stack math, worked MG4 example, and 20-model landed-cost comparison.
A Chinese EV advertised at $14,000 can land in Germany at over $28,000. Here's the complete formula — duty, countervailing duty, VAT, freight, certification — and the one rule that explains every surprise.
Both Gulf markets escape the EU's countervailing duty entirely — but the UAE beats Saudi Arabia on VAT (5% vs 15%). The landed-cost spread, model by model, and why the Gulf is structurally the cheapest region to import into.
A $5,000 Wuling Hongguang MINI EV lands in Germany at $15,455 (+209%) — because the $6,600 of fixed import costs exceeds the car's own price. The honest math on why microcars are terrible import economics.