For reference 15.5M vehicles were sold in the US in 2023 so we would need EVs to be at least 78% of new sales in order to see 1M sold per month.
Admirable_Nothing
China definitely is leading in the EV segment. Unfortunately in the US we will have a 100% duty on top of the cars price to buy one. But artificially supporting our huge legacy auto manufacturing industry even though it is inefficient is important enough to justify that tariff/tax.
Vamproar
Western car makers are so f$%ed. They had a decades long head start and they still managed to blow it.
lobsterbash
Wouldn’t it be ironic if it ends up being fuckin’ China that does most of the work delivering climate change solutions.
Not that half the US would care anyway.
thecheesecakemans
BuT wHy cUt EmIssIOns? wHaT’s cHiNa dOinG?
22Maxx
**PHEVs are included which have a share of close to 50%..**
Bookandaglassofwine
No one enjoys bashing their own country as much as Americans on Reddit.
Two things to keep in mind:
* the numbers reported for China include plug-in hybrids, not just BEVs per article
* why are we talking about absolute numbers instead of per-capita when China has 4 times the population of the U.S.?
Designer-Muffin-5653
They have 1,400,000 customers. Thants more than Europe, the USA and Paraguay combined.
hippysol3
And if we could buy EVs for $930 that would happen in north America too. But it won’t. Not if the autoworkers unions have any say.
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For reference 15.5M vehicles were sold in the US in 2023 so we would need EVs to be at least 78% of new sales in order to see 1M sold per month.
China definitely is leading in the EV segment. Unfortunately in the US we will have a 100% duty on top of the cars price to buy one. But artificially supporting our huge legacy auto manufacturing industry even though it is inefficient is important enough to justify that tariff/tax.
Western car makers are so f$%ed. They had a decades long head start and they still managed to blow it.
Wouldn’t it be ironic if it ends up being fuckin’ China that does most of the work delivering climate change solutions.
Not that half the US would care anyway.
BuT wHy cUt EmIssIOns? wHaT’s cHiNa dOinG?
**PHEVs are included which have a share of close to 50%..**
No one enjoys bashing their own country as much as Americans on Reddit.
Two things to keep in mind:
* the numbers reported for China include plug-in hybrids, not just BEVs per article
* why are we talking about absolute numbers instead of per-capita when China has 4 times the population of the U.S.?
They have 1,400,000 customers. Thants more than Europe, the USA and Paraguay combined.
And if we could buy EVs for $930 that would happen in north America too. But it won’t. Not if the autoworkers unions have any say.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxl_vgYP3Rg&t=8s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxl_vgYP3Rg&t=8s)
Car industry disruption imminent and china is gonna be the winner.