The U.S. has used tariffs and security rules to keep Chinese cars off dealer lots. Alphabet’s robotaxi company appears to be buying them by the boatload.
It doesn’t actually seem that way. They’re likely eating the tariff because of the costs of hardware redesign, which I would imagine to cost millions and a lot of testing time.
If they’re getting a volume discount of 10%, then after tarrif each vehicle is probably cheaper than a whole refab.
It doesn’t actually seem that way. They’re likely eating the tariff because of the costs of hardware redesign, which I would imagine to cost millions and a lot of testing time.
If they’re getting a volume discount of 10%, then after tarrif each vehicle is probably cheaper than a whole refab.