
Tesla’s ‘American-made’ cars won’t get hit as hard by the auto tariffs
CNN
Just this week, Tesla boasted as anxieties swirled over tariffs on automobiles.
Just this week, Tesla boasted as anxieties swirled over tariffs on automobiles. “Btw, Teslas are the most American-made cars,” the official Tesla account posted on X on Sunday. That’s true, at least according to one measure. The company has dominated Car.com’s American-Made Index since 2021, based on criteria including assembly location, where the parts are made, engine origin, transmission origin and US manufacturing workforce. “Tesla’s manufacturing, both as location of final assembly and the componentry of the vehicles, is all as high (a score on the index) as you could possibly get for a US-made vehicle,” Patrick Masterson, lead researcher for the Cars.com index, told CNN. Tesla’s American-produced cars could partially protect the company from the new auto tariffs, which industry experts say will raise car prices for consumers by the thousands. The 25% tariffs, which were announced Wednesday, will affect all imported cars and car parts beginning April 3. Analysts maintain that the EV maker will be largely shielded, unlike other American automakers like General Motors, which has factories in Mexico. But car manufacturing “is a complicated process, and no one’s going to be immune from these tariffs,” Masterson said. Even US-made cars depend on parts from Mexico and Canada, thanks to free trade agreements.

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