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Step 1: Enjoy a vacation in Shanghai.

Step 2: Epic road trip.

(Step 2b: If you can be entertaining, put it on YouTube and maybe make a little money?)

Step 3: Be the proud owner of a BYD vehicle, back home in Germany.

Was there a "pay exorbitant import tax" step I missed, that might ruin this clever strategem?




There's no issue delivering a car from China to Germany but it would have a different charging port, localization issues likely, registration problems imminent and 10% customs + 19% VAT + 17.4% BYD duty.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BYD/comments/1f5jg4g/byd_in_europe_...

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_...




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