Tariffs on electric vehicles deepen woes of U.S. electrification stagnation
Despite the U.S. climate ambitions requiring a 24% annual growth in EV sales, its EV market has experienced slow growth. Affordable EV imports could help break this stagnation, but the U.S. imposed high tariffs, to protect domestic auto industry. We argue that localizing foreign production capacity in the U.S. could reignite the electrification momentum without sacrificing other priorities. This strategy is also crucial for many other countries facing similar dilemma.
Authors
- Han Hao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0176-3929)
- Boyu Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8266-5994)
- Zhenyu Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5564-5510)
- Hao Dou
- Lang Mai
- Yunfeng Deng
- Haoyang Li
- Xin Sun
- Ming Liu
Institutions
- University of Groningen (NL)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Climate Action
- Published
- 2026-01-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-025-00330-6
- Primary Topic
- Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Tsinghua University