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Carmakers strain to navigate the next swerves

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4.4 β€’ 58 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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After responding to the unexpected success of $720 bln Tesla, older manufacturers now face rising China exports amid slower EV growth. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss how GM, VW and others – including governments – are handling the nascent trade war. Recorded July 30. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.3

I think probably the main aim of the tariffs is just to buy time, just to buy time to

0:44.3

delay the sort of onslaught of Chinese exports to a point where the European industry is

0:50.3

a bit bigger and a bit better able to compete on a price level, which is, you know,

0:56.2

we're not there yet, but it's not, you know, we will soon see cheaper EVs come from

1:01.2

the European carmakers in the coming years.

1:04.1

The once-stayed car industry has had a tumultuous few years.

1:07.4

First upended by Tesla's electric revolution, big incumbents in the US, Europe, South Korea,

1:12.1

and Japan now face the rising export powerhouse of China's marks. With growth slowing, pandemic-fueled

1:17.8

years of price rises ebbing, and new partnerships in the offing, the reordering of the global

1:22.5

automotive order is the subject of this week's views room. Welcome back to the views room. I'm Jonathan Guilford. This week, I'm joined by columnist Katrina Hanlon and Neil Unnack, who have been covering a slew of earnings and news from manufacturers in Asia and Europe. So stay tuned for the Views Room, the weekly podcast from Reuters Breaking Views, where I chat with fellow columnists about the big stories of the week.

1:45.1

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I'm coming to you from New York City.

1:57.8

Katrina, Neil, welcome back to the views room.

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Hi.

2:01.6

Hi. So we're now several years into, I mean, a still nascent electric vehicle revolution sparked

2:06.6

by Tesla in the US and accelerated enormously by Chinese OEMs like BYD.

2:11.6

Yet we've now reached this period where growth in the electric market is slowing.

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