CATL Sees Limited Impact From China’s New Battery Tax on Orders
THE SO WHAT
If CATL is only seeing limited order volatility post-consumption tax, policymakers just tested that EV and storage demand is inelastic enough to absorb higher pack costs. Hardware operators should not bank on battery prices falling in a straight line — model scenarios where tax and policy add a floor to your cost curves.
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