Summary
- Volkswagen beat Tesla in European EV sales across the first three months of 2025, data shows.
- Registrations for VW EVs are up more than 150%, while Tesla lost huge ground.
- However, the Model Y and Model 3 remain Europe’s top two most-registered EVs.
Freaking hell Lemmy has a huge hard on for BYD.
I only brought them up because I saw a news report that their dealerships are popping up and their starting price is much lower than Tesla. Like €17000.
Not my part of lemmy, must just be Tankies or some shit.
Don’t want to protect elon musk’s swastikar LLC with tariffs? Must be a tankie! Want to buy a cheap electric vehicle? tankie!
Because they present amazing value (at Chinese prices) and really advanced battery technology.
It’s not just Lemmy. Also Reddit
I don’t go there anymore so I don’t know 🤷
Chinese electric cars are great value.
If you don’t consider the impact that sending yet more manufacturing jobs to China will have in the long run and the fact that they have great value because what China is doing is called dumping and the goal is for them to have a monopoly so they can eventually increase prices without having any competitors.
Yes, China dumps EVs on other markets.
But here are some extra insights to consider about the issue:
None of this is intended to condone China or any country dumping products, but as a warning about having overly simplified reactions to an issue without understanding the bigger picture.
Maybe the US should subsidize more renewable and battery manufacturing inside its borders.
https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/trump-administration-cancels-clean-energy-grants-as-it-prioritises-fossil-fuels/119687122
Oh.
If auto subsidies are dumping, the US has been dumping for ages.
Where did you see me mention that it’s ok for the US to do it?
So, since china is evil and wrong for making an affordable car when elon doesn’t want them to, who is allowed to make an affordable electric car?
Eh… What are you going on about? Dumping is wrong no matter who does it and there’s more than Tesla and Chinese offerings on the market.
Right after biden put in his trumpian tariffs against an automaker to protect musk.
If a country is dumping in your market and threatening your own industry you impose tariffs to compensate or you risk losing jobs and you’ll have a much bigger issue to deal with.
I hope you’re not the kind of person that complains about the middle class disappearing because right now you’re defending what made it disappear.
Also, welcome to the world, which isn’t just the US, this thread is about the European market where Biden didn’t impose tariffs.
That ship has sailed, like 50 years ago