【3200辆中国电动车EV悄悄地进入了美国】尽管面临高达127.5%的关税，Waymo仍向洛杉矶运送了3200辆中国制造的电动汽车，用于其自动驾驶出租车车队。

尽管许多专家认为小米和比亚迪等公司是行业领军者（比亚迪目前的电动汽车销量超过特斯拉），但中国电动汽车实际上已被美国市场拒之门外。
然而，你几乎无法在美国的任何汽车销售点找到中国电动汽车。虽然销售中国电动汽车并不违法，但进口成本实在太高。据《福布斯》报道，从中国进口的电动汽车需缴纳127.5%的关税。这意味着，一辆车的价格一旦进入美国，就会翻倍。
谷歌旗下的自动驾驶出行服务公司Waymo似乎并不在意。至少，他们认为进口这些车辆的成本是值得的。事实上，自2024年以来，Waymo已通过洛杉矶港从中国进口了3200辆Zeekr无人驾驶汽车。仅今年一年，该公司就进口了2600辆，旨在扩大其无人驾驶出租车车队。
今年春季，Waymo首次在旧金山、洛杉矶和凤凰城推出了Zeekr无人驾驶出租车。Waymo将这款车型命名为Ojai，在中国则被称为CM1e。
5月份的推出恰逢Waymo发布了其自主研发的驾驶系统Waymo Driver的第六代版本。Waymo表示，预计到今年年底，将有数千辆Ojai无人驾驶出租车投入运营。
Waymo shipped 3,200 Chinese-built EVs to LA for its robotaxi fleet despite 127.5% tariffs Americans can't get around
Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) have been essentially locked out of the American market, despite many experts viewing companies like Xiaomi and BYD, which currently sells more electric vehicles than Tesla, as pace setters in the industry.
But you won't find Chinese EVs in hardly any U.S. car lots. They're not illegal to sell, but they are too expensive to import. EVs arriving from China are subject to an 127.5% tariff tax, according to Forbes. That means that the price of a single vehicle more than doubles the second it enters the country.
Waymo, Alphabet's autonomous ride-hailing service, doesn't seem to care. At least, it thinks the cost of importing the vehicles is worth it. In fact, Waymo has imported 3,200 Zeekr cars from China since 2024 through the Port of Los Angeles. That includes 2,600 units this year alone, as the company looks to expand its robotaxi fleet.
In the spring, Waymo rolled out Zeekr robotaxis for the first time in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. Waymo calls the vehicle the Ojai. The car model is known as the CM1e in China.
The rollout in May also coincided with the release of the sixth iteration of Waymo Driver, the company's proprietary driving system. Waymo said it expects thousands of Ojai robotaxis to hit the road by the end of the year.