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- The performance of Tesla Model 3 has 87.5% domestic content, positioning it above the Y model.
- The other Tesla models to be strongly classified on the list include the cybertruck, the S model and the X model.
- However, Tesla still uses many Chinese parts for its electric vehicles and could be affected by potential Trump prices.
Update: With the Trump administration announcing a series of radical “release day” rates that occur after the 25% previously announced on cars and automotive parts of foreign manufacturing, it seems to be the right time to review the most “American” cars on the market today. Just a quick reminder that when we refer to American manufacturing cars, we mean vehicles with parts of the United States and Canada, because the American Automobile Labeling does not separate between the two.
See: Foreign parts inside each new car sold in the United States
From April 2, a price of 25% will be applied to all foreign cars entering the United States. And if you thought it was bad, the White House also confirmed in a shared information sheet on its website that car parts such as engines and transmissions will face the same price of 25%, even if the parts are used in cars assembled here in the United States by May 3. There is no need to say that car manufacturers are now faced with a serious logistical disorder, because the production lines built on a global source are launched in uncertainty.
To make things even more complicated, Trump also announced a set of radical “reciprocal prices” on global imports. These vary from 10% to 50%, depending on the country, including a rate of 34% on Chinese products, 20% on imports from the European Union and 24% of Japan. In addition to this, there is a new reference rate of 10% on all American imports from any country, whatever the origin.
Prices above prices?
We still do not know if all these races that overlap will be applied cumulatively, but there are reasons to believe that they will be. Autone The reports that many analysts expect the prices hiding. According to Thibault Denamiel, a commercial expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, “an imported sedan of Germany could therefore be subject to the car rate of 25%, to the reciprocal rate today and to the existing 2.5% levy on European vehicles.”
Plus: Trump imposes a 25% rate on all cars and parts not designed
In other words, the prices of cars made abroad could increase spectacularly, and car manufacturers will probably not be able to absorb these additional costs, letting consumers take the tab.
However, there is a temporary breathing room – at least on paper. Important car manufacturers under the US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) agreement will obtain temporary relief, but only until the trade service determines exactly how to implement the new rules. For the moment, the automotive parts in accordance with the USMCA remain without a price. That said, it is anyone who can guess how long it will last, while regulators determine how to define and tax non -American content. (by John Halas).
The original story follows below
You might think that if someone built the most American cars, it would be the All -Stars of the apple pie and white -headed pygargues – Ford and GM. But no, they were outdone. The real MVP of Red, White and Blue Automobile Pride is, all businesses, Tesla. Yes, the same Tech Bro-Magnet that brought me memes, a stock market drama and cars with dubious panel gaps is also the most “made in the United States” by a considerable margin.
This is not the first time that we have learned how popular electric vehicles of Tesla have made American. In June, the Tesla Model 3 is at the top of a list produced by Cars.com. This last ranking comes from the Kogod School of Business of the American University and identifies the 25 cars built in the United States which integrate the most American content.
Above all, the analysis considers the parts originating in the United States and Canada both as a domestic content. Indeed, the American Automobile Labeling Labeling obliges manufacturers to manufacturers to point out the percentage of American and Canadian parts without distinguishing both.
The best performers
The first place called for the Tesla Model 3 performance, with 87.5% of its parts from national suppliers. It was closely followed by the long range of Tesla Model Y and the basic Y model, which was tied in second place with domestic content of 85%. The Tesla Cybertruck arrived third with 82.5%, ahead of the Tesla Model S and the X model, which was 80%. The Ford Mustang GT and Ford Mustang GT of Detroit, Detroit, built by Michigan, also with the S model and the 80%X model.
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Hold behind Tesla and Ford, but still in the high -level league are two Hondas, the AWD passport and Passport Trailsport, which are classified fifth, with 76.5% of domestic content. Jeep tries to wave his Wrangler Rubicon and Sahara in a 76%patriotic challenge, while Volkswagen sneaks with the ID.4 AWD at 75.5%, as well as the GMC Canyon at4 Crew Cab (75.5%) and three Chevrolet Colorado models at 75.5%.
Tesla’s claim in America is delivered with a socket
For the whole stroke of Tesla’s chest, there is a wrinkle. According to Frank Dubois, the author of the study, the interior domination of Tesla is not hermetic. He told KBB that Tesla is still based on a decent part of Chinese pieces, in particular engines and batteries, and could be affected by new pricing policies introduced by the next Trump administration.
He pointed out that if you exclude the engines and batteries from the second range of model 3, it “has 40% Chinese content”. Likewise, Cybertruck has 20%, with Chinese pieces generally found in “seats, components of the dashboard, etc.”, he explains.
“Motor executives like to see stability in commercial relations with our main business partners,” added Dubois. But with Trump’s pricing threats and potential reprisals, “we will see a period of real instability,” he said.
