EV Manufacturer Concerns Over Subsidies to Be Discussed by US, EU Task Force Next Week

Auto manufacturers from Stuttgart to Seoul have been angered by the $430 billion (roughly Rs. 35.3 lakh crore) Inflation Reduction Act.

By Reuters | Updated: 26 October 2022 16:22 IST

EV Manufacturer Concerns Over Subsidies to Be Discussed by US, EU Task Force Next Week

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The Inflation Reduction Act requires that EVs be assembled in North America to qualify for tax credits.

Highlights

EU officials fear the new law will discriminate against foreign EV makers
US, EU officials will formally launch a task force next week
Volkswagen, other European car makers are affected by this legislation

US and European Union officials will formally launch a task force next week to discuss new American laws that Europeans fear will discriminate against foreign electric car makers, according to a statement on Tuesday.

The talks come as auto manufacturers from Stuttgart to Seoul have been angered by Biden's $430 billion (roughly Rs. 35.3 lakh crore) "Inflation Reduction Act", enacted in August and aimed at rolling back climate change and making Washington a world leader in the electric vehicle (EV) market.

Among the law's provisions are requirements that EVs be assembled in North America to qualify for tax credits. The law also ends subsidies for other EV models and requires that a percentage of critical minerals used in those cars' batteries come from the United States or an American free-trade partner.

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President Joe Biden's deputy national security adviser Mike Pyle agreed to launch a task force on the topic during a meeting earlier in the day with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's head of cabinet, Bjoern Seibert, according to White House spokesperson Adrienne Watson.

The task force would "promote deeper understanding" on the "opportunities and concerns for EU producers," Watson said, and comes after high-level meetings between Biden administration officials and allied countries angered over the new law.

EU car makers - like Volkswagen - are affected by the US legislation.

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