Company: GPI
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001031203-25-000061
Chunk: 93

Company: GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 93
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 rate); (ii) any additional imported vehicles each year will be subject to the standard 25 percent tariff rate; and (iii) automotive parts that are products of the U.K. and are for use in U.K.-made vehicles will be subject to a total tariff rate of 10 percent.

The U.K. government has established mandated targets for the sale of new zero emissions vehicles with increasing targets in future years. On April 6, 2025, the U.K. Prime Minister announced planned changes to the EV mandate, which aim to allow carmakers more flexibility in reaching their goal to phase out internal combustion engine vehicles. The plan increases flexibility of the mandate through 2030, allowing more EVs to be sold in later years as demand increases. Further, the plan allows for the continued sale of hybrid vehicles, which can be operated by both internal combustion and batteries, through 2035 to help ease the transition. As of July 16, 2025, U.K. car manufacturers can apply for Electric Car Grants, which will discount eligible new EVs for consumers at the point of sale. Certain manufacturers urged the U.K. government to provide additional flexibility in the mandate, citing consumer demand, infrastructure limitations and the cost of compliance as potential barriers to meet future targets. Additionally, on June 12, 2025, President Donald Trump signed resolutions revoking California’s authority to enforce regulations it set forth, including Advanced Clean Cars II, which imposes stricter emissions limits for vehicles and requires nearly all new car sales to be zero-emission by 2035. California and ten other states set to implement Advanced Clean Cars II-like rules have sued the Environmental Protection Agency and President Donald Trump and are seeking to enjoin the resolutions. The impact of these changes on our vehicle mix and results of operations cannot be predicted with certainty at this time.

On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order setting a 10 percent baseline tariff on imports, with higher rates for countries running trade surpluses with the U.S. By April 9, 2025, a follow-up order paused most of the higher reciprocal tariffs for 90 days but kept the 10 percent baseline and raised Chinese tariffs. On July 7, 2025, President Donald Trump extended the tariff modifications through August 1, 2025. On August 11, 2025, President Donald Trump further extended the suspension of country-specific reciprocal tariff rates on Chinese goods and kept the 10% rate in place through November 10