download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Business Insider contacted BYD for comment but didn't immediately hear back. Turkey is part of the EU's Customs Union, and any BYD cars manufactured there could avoid the 17.4% additional tariff the EU slapped on BYD vehicles imported from China. Plans by Chinese EV giants BYD, MG, and Chery to build factories in Mexico have sparked concern among US officials over fears they could be used as a "backdoor" into the US market.

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Persons: —, Elon, Mehmet Fatih, BYD, didn't, It's, Philip Nothard, Nothard, Elon Musk, Tesla Organizations: Service, Business, Union, EV, EU's Customs Union, BYD, Chery, Cox Automotive Locations: Turkey, Europe, China, Mexico, Germany