New American rates – German car -autumn takes a dramatic step

The delivery of vehicles to the US is put on hold. The dealers must now concentrate on reducing their inventory, the spokeswoman said. Audi currently has more than 37,000 cars in stock in the United States that are not influenced by the new rates and can be sold. This existed rich for about two months.

The VW subsidiary Audi does not have its own production facility in the US and must import all vehicles. The American bestseller Q5 is made in the Audi factory in Mexico, the rest comes from the works in Germany, Hungary and Slovakia.

VW announced extra costs
The Audi Mother Volkswagen also warned his dealers in the United States and announced extra costs. The delivery of vehicles was temporarily stopped by the train from Mexico and the ports, said it in a message. There must be clarity about prices in mid -April. Since 3 April, the EU rates in the United States have applicable in addition to the previous taxes (of 2.5 percent) of the United States. From May, 150 categories of car parts of the surcharge will also be recorded.

Jaguar Land Rover, one of the largest British manufacturers, also announced on Saturday to suspend his deliveries to the United States for a month. Until that time there should be a plan to deal with the higher customs costs.

Great Britain reduces the requirements for E-cars
The government of Great Britain has responded to the high rates with lower requirements for electric cars. For example, manufacturers of small series such as Aston Martin, the subsidiary Bentley and McLaren of Volkswagen are excluded from the fines when they do not sell electric cars. Cars with hybrid drives can now be sold by 2035. The most recently was an electric car that was sold in Great Britain.