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Like Ford did in Turkey/Baltimore (updated per comment below) with the Transit Connect import tariff circumvention, makes me wonder if Tesla built a "factory" o
by ethagknight 5y ago
Like Ford did in Turkey/Baltimore (updated per comment below) with the Transit Connect import tariff circumvention, makes me wonder if Tesla built a "factory" on tribal lands to circumvent the 200,000 EV federal tax credit limit as a separate manufacturer that licensed the technology and bought the parts from Tesla, Inc, and did some "final assembly" nonsense like put the rear seats in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Transit_Connect#Tariff_circumvention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Transit_Connect#Tariff_ci...
- adolph 5y agoDo you mean to refer to the Turkish Transits imported as passenger vehicles and converted to cargo use? The move to Mexico would bring them in alignment with tariffs to directly import cargo vehicles. The next-generation Transit Connect, due for the 2022 model year, will be fully assembled for North America in Mexico at Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly. Like all future Ford products built in Mexico, it will comply with the 75% US/Canada/Mexico content rule of the new USMCA trade deal set to take effect in 2020.
- ethagknight 5y agoYes thank you, I was mixing the two
- Ichthypresbyter 5y agoThe chicken tax (the tariff in question) is also why the Subaru BRAT had those ridiculous seats in the bed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_BRAT#Jumpseats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_BRAT#Jumpseats