The European Commission plans to apply additional duties on imported electric vehicles made in China. In September it cut the proposed final tariffs on Tesla and slightly trimmed rates for others after taking into account submissions by the companies in its anti-subsidy investigation.

BMW (OTCPK:BMWYY) is pressing the German government to vote against the European Union's higher tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, joining other German carmakers that do not want to risk a spat with their most important market,

October 4 is a date that cannot come soon enough for European Union bureaucrats, but one the Chinese government desperately wants to avert. This coming Friday, the EU's 27 member states are slated to hold a crucial vote on whether to sign punitive tariffs of up to 35.

Germany's influential auto-industry lobby urged the German government on Wednesday to oppose proposed punitive EU tariffs on imported Chinese electric vehicles. A vote on the tariffs by EU countries is scheduled for Friday,

The European Union and China have until the end of October to negotiate a definitive framework that will be put in place for five years from November. The 27 countries will vote on the European Commission's recommendations received last Friday, which showed a slight reduction in tariff rates and also the inclusion of a clause to continue talks.

BMW is pressing Berlin to vote against imposing significantly higher European Union tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, joining other German automakers that do not want to risk a spat with their most important market.

Volkswagen on Wednesday urged Germany to vote against the introduction of European Union tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, arguing that the tariffs do not improve the competitiveness of the auto industry.