China dominates the electric vehicle industry, with its brands responsible for about two-thirds of global sales in 2024, although none of those sales were in the U.S.
China loves electric cars: making them, driving them and selling them to the rest of the world.
Electric vehicles have been widely adopted in China, thanks in part to years of now-defunct government subsidies and a fast-growing network of charging stations. According to the International Energy Agency, almost half of the cars sold in China in 2024 were electric, compared with about 1 in 10 in the U.S.
But despite growing global interest in the innovative sector, Chinese electric cars remain out of reach for consumers in the world’s second-largest auto market, the United States.
Can I get an electric vehicle without giving up my privacy or autonomy?
Not in the United States, no
Pretty important reason to not switch to electric if you ask me.
Bring the BYD yang yangwang u7 to canada please…
Funny how American mega corps force their way into developing nations using political bullying and destroy these nations smaller businesses with uncompetitive practices but they don’t want to risk competing with any foreign company on their own turf
Isn’t it weird how a country that constantly claims to be The Best™ at everything has to overtly and systematically restrict its citizens from purchasing better products made elsewhere?
It ain’t weird if you’ve been paying any attention to how nation states compete, over the years.
I’m so confused. I thought the foundation of Capitalism was free market pressure. Doesn’t restricting what people can buy and where from kind of undermine the entire ideal?
Well I see where your confusion comes from. You thought the USA was capitalist, but the reality is that America is VERY socialist. You can have it all in the USA, as long as your in the in group. And by in group I mean you must have 2+ million dollars, once u are elite rich you unlock the socialism in USA and get government contracts, restrictions that put you above the competition, bail outs and safety nets out the wazoo if you mess up, the best health care in the world etc. You must be more like me, part of the serf class that gets the “pleasure” of making all this possible with poor wages and taxes that find the corporate machine.
Yes. Absolutely.
Exactly.
The foundation of capitalism is Profit is King.
The free market, aka competition, is the least profitable method of production for a company. It’s terrible for your bottom line. Profit is the only thing that matters, and specifically Profit by the Metric evaluated by those with the purse-strings; i.e. in the US this is profit per quarter.
‘Free Market’ economics is not only not limited to capitalism, capitalism is inherently antithetical to competition and the free market and will always seek to eliminate it entirely.
I think you’re confusing the president with the actual people in the country.
You mean except in gilliad?
Dunno about you, I wouldn’t own a Chinese car until they start building them as reliable as a Honda or Toyota.
Here’s the rub, EV engines have far fewer moving parts and are extremely reliable.
My work just got a fleet of electric iveco vans and they are shit. Constantly breaking down, having battery issues, fatal error messages all the time. Seems like maybe it’s more software issues than hardware, and they’re lovely when they’re actually working.
Italian motors aren’t known for reliability as it is.
I generally shop for reliability and longevity also but
- EV inherently fewer things to go wrong
- Where’s your price threshold? What if you can get two sketchy cars for the price of that Honda? Three?
I’d be as concerned about BYD reliability as I would be with Tesla. And, Tesla isn’t great.
With consumer product competition being a race to the bottom for nearly every product now, I think my concerns are valid.
Al my friends and I have BYDs. 100k km each of us and 0 issues. Heck in fact there are a few ones out there with almost 1million km and still going.
I can find fault in any product made so when someone says “0 issues” it really discredits them in my opinion.
The most common issue for BYDs specifically is tires that need to be replaced more often than non-EV drivers expect and optional safety features usually missing from the lower end models.
Most EVs are dead simple compared to ICE cars; when you have literally 100x fewer parts there is a lot less to go wrong. This is especially true when you’re not trying to introduce FSD or other superfluous features because you want to be a 1980s cyberpunk villain industrialist.
I need to see this verified. I call bullshit.
Why?
I just came from test driving the BYD seal and I understand what they mean. Quality wise its simply the best EV maker
I can agree that they’re pretty amazing for what they worth but…
Quality wise its simply the best EV maker
They’re not the best even among the Chinese EV makers.
You cannot determine quality from a test drive.
I consider quality long term reliability and there is zero data on this for most EVs.
Oh, yeah durability you can’t grasp with a simple test drive
Remember when Gorbachev visited a supermarket and “it led to the downfall of the USSR.”
We can only hope that Trump will visit a Chinese EV lot and realize the superiority of the Chinese-Communist economy and way of life.
Trump is only interested in Trump. Trump goes to countries to cut deals for himself. Trump is only interested in making money for himself. Trump literally said he doesn’t think about Americans at all. He said finances but we all know what he meant. He doesn’t care about Americans. He only cares about himself.
Should I have made it more clear I was doing satire?
I’m pretty sure he was utterly incapable of such realizations even before his current steep cognitive decline.
biden needed to protect the nazi elon’s business interests. We had to have tariffs.
