Made-in-China Tesla in crosshairs of EU subsidy probe

US carmaker was among the companies found to have likely benefited from China's subsidies, including tax breaks, cheap loans and other forms of assistance

Tesla has enjoyed perks in China that other international companies struggled to obtain, with the most notable being the state’s blessing to wholly own its domestic operations, rather than have to share custody with a local joint venture partner.

One carmaker is looming larger than any other in the investigation of electric vehicles flowing into the European Union from China: Tesla. 

During the evidence-gathering that precipitated this month’s surprise announcement of an EU anti-subsidy probe into Chinese electric vehicles, the US carmaker was among the companies found to have likely benefited, according to people familiar with the matter.