How China is driving the shift to electric vehicles | Transforming Business 

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BYD and GWM are making big waves in the Brazilian market too. Legacy manufacturers seem rightfully scared of them, and they should be.

The US is willing to ban EV globally if it stops the Chinese 😂

We switched to Tesla in 2022 and after 75,000 km and 4 seasons driving (we’re in a cold climate) I can confirm we’re never going back to gas or diesel.

When there's a power outage, gas pumps also won't work. It all comes down to the EV charging infrastructure. I live in China, and everything that's said in this program is true. Every single Didi (Chinese equivalent of Uber) is electric. When I first arrived here back in 2015, all the Taxis were VWs. Not so today.

In Europe: VW ID3 is €45K vs Tesla Model 3's €39k... not hard to understand why VW is not selling many cars...

Well, if China can build and operates its own Space Station, then making a safe EV is a piece of cake.

Wages in China are not so low anymore! The only reason the ev’s are cheaper is the high automated factory’s and also lithium is priced cheaper in China.

3:45 Do you honestly think comparing the price of a BMW 1 Series vs the significantly larger i4 is an accurate representation of the price difference between ICE and EV cars?

Once upon a time there were phone operators, elevator operators, and even flight engineers. We actually have the ability to make so much more, but in some ways our economic system is no longer the best method to support it (does an advancement in technology result in lower cost and more production, or higher profits and less demand?).

In China Automotive Industry, if you want cheap EV car, you may chose BYD. If you prefer luxury EV car and swap battery technology, you may chose NIO. These 2 automotive companies cover all the different group of people, no matter whether you're living at landed house or apartment. Anyway, China Market is the key of success. China now has started producing a Sodium Battery which is much much cheaper and less dangerous than Lithium Battery. If you think china car now is very cheap, later you will see china car is much cheaper than now when they are using Sodium Battery on their manufactured car.

As Jay Leno once said "electric cars will save classic muscle cars" & sports cars. Every era offers some amazing cars, and people will push tech to the limit no matter if it runs on batteries, orange juice or steam power. this is the most interesting time in auto industry since the supercar wars began. It's great to watch to see what they come up with next.

China giving consumers incentives to buy EV is not an uncommon practice among countries. And even that has ended in China. German manufacturers are being slow and not adapting. Subsidies/incentives to consumers had been available to ALL manufacturers including foreign ones like Tesla, which incidentally has done very well for itselt there.

Since the massive adoption of EV cars in Chinese cities, they have practically all blue sky days for most of the year. Beijing still has some smog days but mostly caused by sand storm from Gobi Desert. So yes, EV car is the future.

DW has an episode on Chinese EV every 3 days now

When people talk about how the Chinese government funds the EV or tech industries, they solely refer to the public dollars that go to Chinese companies while keeping silent about the subsidy for Tesla. Indeed, the Shanghai government subsidizes Tesla with $85 million and low-priced lands. The beneficial policy was so progressive that many Chinese domestic manufacturers were jealous. Of course, the Shanghai grant is not without conditions- Tesla needs to satisfy its commitment to production capacity and employment to local government. Remember, the construction of Tesla's Giga Shanghai started in January 2019 and began to operate only one year later, which secured 500,000 EV production in 2020. It is a win-win solution: Tesla guaranteed its ambitious production capacity while Shanghai prompted the upgrading of EVs. More companies and technologies would have enjoyed these opportunities without the trade war.

You can't just look at the emissions as only part of the manufacturing process. What is really the issue are the toxic exhaust gasses emitted while burning the fuels right inside the cities where we live, sleep, breathe and raise our children. This is just the local concentrated problem... but oil extraction and refining is the global crisis. - One pumpjack consume 9800 MWh/month of electricity. There are around 1.1 million active pumpjacks worldwide (in 2018). - Oil Refineries consume 15-20% of annual electricity consumption for the whole continent (just in the US). - Offshore platforms burn 20-30 tons of diesel per day for their generators. The US alone has 610 active offshore platforms. - Thousands of kilometers of pipelines. Each section with a pump consuming 50-250 kW and working 24/7. - Tankers, each of them burning 200-250 tons of fuel oil per day. 2,210 are currently active tankers. - Land transport with semi trucks - ~ 40 liters of diesel / 100 km. - Gas stations with all their pumps and energy consumption. ... and we haven't touched on shale gas and coal mining yet. ... nor have we paid attention to oil spills, vented gas, pollution of rivers and groundwater, deforestation and wars for resources. - An average ICE vehicle is responsible for 260-350 g.CO2/km + NOx, SOx, CO and other harmful fine particulates right in the cities where we live. - Efficiency to the wheels - 18-25% (older vehicle even less) - While an EV is responsible for 32-48 g.CO2/km (at the current heavy coal energy mix)... Keep in mind that there are NO emissions during it's operation. NO exhaust gasses where people live - Efficiency 80-90% Manufacturing of an ICE vehicle releases 5200 to 6900 kg.СО2, while an EV (+battery) releases around 5600 to 8800 kg.СО2. Emissions are equalized after less than 10,000 km. After 250,000 km the difference in emissions is at least 10 times more for the ICE. The longer you use an IC vehicle the more petrol will be extracted and refined, more political conflicts and wars will happen, more land will be cleared for pumping, more oil spills will fill the oceans, more gas will escape the pipelines... and more fuel will be burned. - 7-8 million people die worldwide due to air pollution. - The petrol industry generates $10 Billion in profits per DAY and receives $11 Million in subsidies per MINUTE globally.

Germany losing the electric car race means cheap cars for the consumers. VW is no more what it was meant to be “ the people’s car “ but now its all about profit and big money. I won’t be surprised if I see an electric Chinese car for 15,000 euros or 10,000 euros. Its somehow a big win for the buyers.

DW is a bit late in finding out the Chinese EVs are at the moment ahead. EU has already admitted the defeat by announcing an investigation into the Chinese EV subsidies. But the inexpensive EVs are good for both the customers and the environment. Hope EU doesn’t try to kill free trade.

Good insights!

that reminds me of Nokia mocking on touchscreen phones😅

in China, the pure ev still isn't the main stream, the plug in hybrid that offers around 100km pure ev range is the most family wanted, people use that 100km to cover working day travel, then they use gasoline to cover the travel during weekend. But most family find out that they only fill up their fuel tank once a month even two months, because the cross-city travel it's not as much as expected.

more's the pity we don't see the kind of enthusiasm and investment in public transport as we have in EVs

EVs are, relatively speaking, cheaper in China. BYD ATTO3 can be bought for 130,000RMB, less than 18,000USD.

EU is behind on new technologies, internet, AI, EV, autonomous cars. No google, no Baidoo, no Apple, no Alibaba, no Microsoft, no Amazon, no Ebay, no Meta. As a European working in technology the lack of tech giants is staggering and worrying

The primary advantages of electric cars are the better performance and price/performance ratio as well as the lower service and running costs. From a buyer's perspective, there are no rational arguments against these advantages.The environmental aspect comes as a nice side effect still on top. Economic interests of legacy car makers and the loss of low-skilled jobs will not stop an advantageous mobility transition.

Car is not just above transportation, it is about environment, carbon emissions, AI, integrated into lifestyle, technology features, software, affordable in China, 5g etc... That would explain why Motorola failed when it sees mobile phone is a little bit more than calling and answering.

I've been a faithful BMW driver for more than a decade. Had them all, 3er, 5er, 7er, X5 diesel and gasoline. The reliability is just disgusting. 7er was a disaster and ultimately sold for pennies. Spare parts prices for all models are over the roof. Last month I got rid of my last BMW, the 5er, and ordered a chinese-made BYD Tang EV, all-electric. Bye bye beemers. As for my wife's car, a dated Audi Q5, we're still deciding between a modern Q5 (we both still love the model) and a chinese-made hybrid Voyah Free, which looks, feels and drives like a charm. German automakers have missed the EV train and are in deep trouble.

American workers when they hear ev's are sustainable and easy to make: *Dey took MY JEEEERRRRBBB!!!*

There are a few issues with this video. First. you need to compare number of charging stations per capita, not total. Also when comparing the price of German made cars vs Chinese you don't only compare expensive cars from BMW. You need to add more pedestrian cars from VW. Third, when saying that cars are too expensive in Latin America you need to compare the price of the BYD cars with the cars that are already available in the region. Saying that people need to take loans to buy a car is normal, everyone does that today.

People no longer care much about the “European legacy quality” since most Chinese brands are now matching them in most cases. And yes brand used to matter but nowadays people buy what they can afford and Chinese cars are the way to go. Even in South Africa people are buying Chinese cars (Haval/Omega) over Europeans, and even me a BMW fan I am also looking at Chinese cars. Funny how things have changed globally.

1 out of 3 jobs in Germany depend on the car industry. If the Americans and Chinese are allowed to take over Germany's car industry (and they've already done that with the tech sector, solar panels, military, LNG energy, etc), Germany would become a 3rd world country.

China will grab every Market in future. Their local Market is very big and competitive. If any company can perform well locally, it will do well in foreign smaller markets too.

I don't understand why car makers are now making smart phones with tires, I just need a car to get me from point A to point B, I don't need Netflix in it

Enabling EV to Home charging would make the cars more attractive.

Don't care about the environment Don't care about attachment issues Don't care about the origin of the makers GAS PRICES is the only reason I went electric

A 'horrible' fact is that China had cancelled the subsidy of EV at the end of y2022.

It's absolutely incredible! This video is about battery electric cars... and in this industry, there is one "gorilla in the room", world leader Tesla... incidentally also the manufacturer of the most sold vehicle model in the world - no matter the motorisation - the Tesla Model Y... incidentally again also manufactured in Germany. And, the name "Tesla" was not mentioned ONCE in the video... an interviewee quickly uttered the name "Elon Musk", but that's all! So, how can you expect the German car industry to survive, when there is so much denial that the ONE company who made the transition happen, and who leads the industry by miles, is not mentioned once by a German television channel's study on the matter? As a European, I wish the German car industry to survive... but the decisions and declarations I hear from the Board of Volkswagen (who fired Herbert Diess, the only German automotive executive with a clear vision of what is happening, and the guts to make the imperative changes...), from the CEO of BMW, or its previous CTO (Klaus Fröhlich), or the communication from Daimler Benz... are all dismal! The German car industry IS COMMITTING corporate suicide! The light at the end of the tunnel is that Tesla is already manufacturing in Germany, BYD and other Chinese companies will undoubtedly also build manufacturing facilities in Europe in general, and Germany in particular (perhaps... if Germany makes new manufacturing ventures a little less complicated...). So, workers losing their jobs at VW Group, BMW, Daimler-Benz, will find a new job opportunity... well... some of them!

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China's EV is expensive in Europe just because of the traiff imposed upon. A BYD 4.7 meter midsize hybrid running 1000KM fully charged & full tank just cost US$20,0000 in China. The Govt only gives $500 incentives to the consumer for buying EV.

i leave in indonesia for me german cars are great either chinese cars or even korean and japanese cars brands. the problem in german cars brand in my country is to confident on putting high prices on their products. i knew that german cars brand are premium and they had a high prices but the volkswagen that should be a mass brand to competition with toyota, hyundai and wuling in indonesia they put very high prices and in indonesia volkswagen are known to be premium brands. if the german wanna win the EV market start to make low cost EV prices like what korean and chinese brand did in indonesia, right now only 2 auto brands in indonesia that has started make an EV is hyundai and wuling and they give a very low cost prices what the world want is cheap EV not a high premium EV

The reason we want to shift from ICE cars to EVs is because an EV sedan consumes at worst 2 liters equivalent of gas / 100km while an ICE car consumes at best 4 liters / 100km. There is no way around that, electric engines are 3 x more efficient than internal combustion engines. And this on top of all their other advantages (instant torque, better recycling, renewable power source, etc). So if you add to that new battery technology that will allow you to recharge an EV in 10 minutes then it is easy to see that ICE cars will be soon dead as a Dodo.

Tesla's first car plant in Fremont was an ice car plant before becoming an electric car factory.

124K station for a country as tiny as the Netherlands, impressive.

Legacy brands kept delaying investment until they could get a better idea of what the electric market would look like. Turns out this was a costly mistake. Now they are in a scale battle with Tesla and BYD they thought they would easily win. Their first dedicated electric models are overpriced and featureless. They are five years behind...

Why you need in small towns public charging stations? People charge at home here. Cities need tons of public charging stations and alone the autobahn.

Nowadays Germany has just moved up to a higher level, producing brilliant politicians.

EVs are massively superior to ICE cars. I changed to EV and honestly the difference is night and day.

China saw the future and invested in it. They are way ahead of European countries really. China pretty much owns the battery manufacturing market. They are going to do what Japan did in the 1970’s and Korea did in the 2000’s . The U.K. used to make loads of cars and people rubbished Japanese cars and later Korean cars… VW is making very expensive cars with terrible software, cheaping out on quality and reliability and then trying to charge a premium for it. It seems a bit ironic that France is starting to make affordable EV’s. Yet here comes 20% tariffs. The EU won’t buy cars made in the U.K. due to 20% tariffs and the U.K. will probably buy loads of cars made in china as we will probably reciprocate.

I Rebuilt a 1991 Geo Metro, its fast and 45 mpg.. Total build cost was $5,500.

I guess competition is always great for the consumers.

In Western Countries the Evs are considered luxury cars and very expensive, only a few can afford to buy, but in China they make affordable Evs that most people can purchase! Luxury German cars are expensive, they make Evs that are even more expensive than their regular cars, people are looking for cheap EVs to save on gas!

I don’t know as a common man how would I buy expensive EU made EV cars in EU itself.I will definitely buy Chinese EV if they are assembled in EU and cheaper , better connectivity and robust software ✌️

Software on the Volkswagen group's cars are not up to industry standard.

2000 worker in one car factory is awesome achievement in term of manufacturing technology.

All you can say is state subsidies? Pathetic!

Fun fact : BYD design lead by German. Wolfgang_Egger, BYD lead designer In 2017, Egger became design director for BYD. The Chinese automaker appointed him to create their design identity, starting with the hybrid model BYD Song Max. BYD Recruits Ferrari & Mercedes Designers as Head of Exterior & Interior Design. Michele Jauch-Paganetti , JuanMa López. ...

From next year there will be evs that are less expensive, the Citroen E C3 costs 22k and is made in Europe, more will come

They felt the same way about the internet. In the end, humans will adapt.

When I buy a Tesla Model Y in California, I get $7500 tax credit plus $5500 from state as rebate. Are these incentives or subsidies according to the truth telling DW?

Part of the French car industry has started to convert ICE cars to EVs at under €5000 per car and if money is invested into modifying repair garages to carry out these conversions that will speed up the processes and increase their revinue by puting in charging stations.

1. the wage of Chinese auto worker is rising raptly. 2. BYD don't rely on subsidy.

The charging station comparison is very missleading. Germany an france each have the sice of one us state. So in terms of availability of charging stations they are quite good. I've driven through both countries with ma EV on long distance drives and had no isues finding a charging station.

I would not buy any made in China car....

How come Tesla wants to fight them? Who wrothe this script? Tesla has open sourced their patents and their own mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

amazing how the Netherlands have station with less than 1% of us territory

EU had the chance to evolve to EV transition. They didn't want to. Nowadays, EVs from USA China, are the top selling ones....

In another recent video on another channel they were discussing how the EV industry is collapsing in China.

I might have the occasional need of a car but you can't get insurance on EVs that have run out of warranty in the UK, as I understand it, due to insurance companies concerns about battery fires, especially whilst charging and therefore, unattended fire risk. This doesn't inspire anyone with confidence in the UK, unless you have a car you don't have to buy or insure. Fleet sales are high on these cars but personal ownership is falling. ICE cars still winning the race too due to very limited charging infrastructure, here. I'll stick with my bike, for most of my needs.

According to Munro, Elon just announced the introduction of 48v system in the new Cybertruck, it reduce the size of the wire harness by 75%! If the industry follows, those wire harnesses manufacturer in Germany will probably go bust.

we (here in Germany) don't need 15mio electric cars on the roads the next ten years. We just need 15mio cars less than currently are registered

What they do not mention is that transportation makes up 16% of total greenhouse gases. Cars only make up 2.5% of the overall CO2 emissions. I have a Tesla but it not for environmental reasons, its for the advanced technology in the Tesla and low maintenance. After I put 100K miles on my car, I only had to replace tires. I still have the original breaks.

How is this a surprise? msot of rare materials are mined in China ..seriously what did Germany expect ..or any other EU country

How bad is the speaker in this video?!

Please do not say the China EVs have lower price are because subsidies. The large market size and the well ready parts supply chains, raw materials are all ready within China and nearby with low logistics cost are all factors for lower EV selling. Futher, the tough market competition also drive the price lower in China

9:06 Please tell the lady that you don't necessarily need a public charging station in a small village. Simply plug your car into the home socket in the garage and drive off the next morning with a full charge, that's it 🤗

It is very interesting to note that the European car manufacturers that were pushing clean diesel probably shifted to EVs for fear of being dominated by Japanese hybrid technology, but in the end it was the Chinese EV manufacturers who gained.

That worker at the start made a terrible argument: electric cars are easier to make with fewer components, so that will mean fewer jobs. Does she really expect a car company to be sold on the idea of keeping something complex and unreliable in order to keep jobs alive? That's just going to sell the idea of electric cars to their bosses more. If I were a heartless CEO on the fence about electric cars, that would have pushed me more in their favour.

9:25 why on earth would that lady need a public charger IN HER VILLAGE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE? I live in a small town, we do have public chargers, but that is for out of town folks, or people living in apartment buildings without access to an electric socket at the ground level. Is that the case in rural Germany? They don’t have electric sockets? I charge outside my home on highways or during holidays - generally on my hotel or the place I’m staying.

I chose ID3 over MG4, despite that ID3 is more expensive because I care about quality and service. Have to say, I am a bit disappointed by the both the service and quality. A software upgrade took 7 days in the VW garage/dealer. Returned my car with (App) connection problems.

EV cars will rise no matter what the challenges. Simply because people will realize that driving EV is much cheaper. For now, people only count the price of the car. After years, people will understand, they can safe the money that they used for gasoline, and that's a lot

focus on battery holds everything

I like Nio more than BYD, can you guys post more videos about NIO?

It's fair to say, private transport is responsible for 5-10% Co2 and BEV still requires lots of Co2 to make and keep running, dependant on energy source circumstances. So if ALL cars were suddenly BEV, Co2 MIGHT be reduced by 2-5%, at best. I do like BEV's for a lot of reasons. Saving the planet myth, not being one of them.

Got to give credit where credit is due If it wasn't for China eating their lunch on EVs, these automakers would happily stick to the ICE cars These automakers deserved this, now it's up to them to play catch up But I doubt China will loosen its grip on the EV supply chain

Unfortunately the rest of the planet went crowded urban .. with most trips less than 20 miles. And young urban discovered electric assist "micro-mobility" and saving thousands a year. Many auto manufacturers can see what's going on. Europe today is plastered with inter-city biking infrastructures.. Can see Harley "motorcycle" as the Serial One in Europe... Last years automotive tech spilling into bicycles... "New to biking" buying assist bikes today a lot... This report will interest some folks that don't see beyond their dashboards. ;) cheers

I rent electric cars in Canada and if you druve anything but a Tesla you spend a lot of time looking for a charger. I drive past dozens of large signs advertising gas stations to find a charging station in the back of a parking lot. Are the power companies actively fighting electrification or just to dull to get into the market and sell their product.

German engineering is good. But the cost of factory labor in Germany simply cannot compete with Chinese labor.

I get that people don't want to lose their jobs, but I'm sure there were people complaining about losing their horse-related jobs when the automobile first came around. And what happened? They did lose their jobs... and then they found new jobs. Complacency and inertia are no reason to stop progress for a cleaner, quieter (and faster) future.

This video talk a lot about cost of EV being higer. But the cost of this EVs in China are not higher then combustion cars there is price parity - subsidies ware there but now it is mostly blody competition in the market. In addition chinese ICE cars are also available in forign markets (less developed like South America, Asia). And as for smart features - Chinese manufacturers still make them, they pack the same technology in the normal cars or they will never sell those. Now there is this feeling that EV drive innovation in smart cars - but ICE car can also be smart - it is that legacy non Chinese manufacturers have big delay in adopting new technologies - they always had (see the music players or screens in cars - they ware horrible few years behind (i have 2017 Honda with CD player, let me know who use CDs in 2017, - but technology for smartphones and tablest was available). Now they need to have similar develpoment idea like consumer electronics and big old companies are not ready for that fast pace development.

German automakers couldn't compete against Japanese makers' HEV, so they cheated with "clean diesel", then "changed the rule politically" that we must shift to BEV with the excuse of climate change, and ending up raising Chinese makers. Not only automobiles, but also the entire life cycle of any products should be as sustainable as possible. Shifting the pollution by greenhouse gas emissions to the environmental destruction and soil pollution by lithium and rare earth mining in certain areas is not necessarily justified. I don't want to buy or ride a BEV especially a Chinese one even if it's cheap because I want to survive. Moving heavy batteries consumes more energy and is inefficient. Battery technology is still evolving. It's not practical for me unless it has much higher energy density, lightweight, preferably portable, and less deteriorating. Thus (P)HEV is currently the best choice for me.

Here are some thoughts to throw in: 1. Resonant inductive charging in parking lots and embedded in major thoroughfares - If you park and your car just starts charging because it wirelessly charges like a modern cell phone, except with a bigger gap because you are using advanced resonant charging, that hugely increases the convenience factor of EVs. Start adding this into bus stops, places cabs stop, major thoroughfares, etc, and you start getting into vehicles that can be in perpetual use without having to stop to be plugged in to charge. Especially with the major thoroughfares, such as the Autobahn, getting this tech embedded in the roadway, you can have smaller, cheaper, lighter batteries in EVs. Smaller and lighter batteries require less energy to push around and in the USA during the Obama administration, this tech was demonstrated with an efficiency of 86%. So totally worth while from an efficiency perspective as well. 2. Gas pumps also do not work in a power outage. However if you have a good charging scheme in place for your EV, your personal EV should be ready to go with 80% charge (or more if say you use LFP batteries) every morning while your ICE car maybe be low on fuel because you only go to the gas station when the tank is low. Plus, say there is a power outage in the middle of the night, if you have a 10-hour window to charge and you get hit with a 'long' 1-hour power outage, you car will still have plenty of time to get to that 80% charge level typical of EV charging for daily grinder use. If something crazy happens and you can't charge at all at night, most people only drive so far in a day, so maybe instead of 80% charge in the morning, you have 60% charge. If you are really worried about charge level, if somehow power is out at home, it is bound to be on at work. I mean power outages are generally local, not everywhere. If anything, a good EV will provide backup power to your home during a power outage as it has lots of capacity that can easily be used for such things with capacity to spare, so actually a plus as most ICE powered vehicles cannot be used as a real backup power source, especially not efficiently. (A Prius can actually be efficient at this.) 3. German EVs are missing other key features - Like range. Not too great with German EVs. Germany really needs to invest more on battery tech in general. People don't trust the longevity of the battery packs in German cars and some of this comes down to not having the most sophisticated battery management as Tesla for example has really advanced battery management to squeeze the most out of those batteries in every way a car needs. EVs need to be able to produce backup power in a power outage, so actually be a plus to have around in a power outage. Even if you have a solar and battery home, an additional battery in your EV can help. German EVs need some better performance like the Teslas usually have great performance pushing you back into your seat. 4. German EVs miss important vehicle types other auto makers have failed to address - Like a pickup truck. While not the biggest thing in Europe, pickup trucks are everywhere in places like the USA and nobody has really captured this market in terms of EVs and plugin hybrids. What is really needed is a plug-in hybrid truck with capabilities like acting as a generator and air compressor; something with good built-in utility and multi-purposing of things. A big thing in the USA market totally missed by Tesla is truck beds generally conform to standard specs so anybody can mount their own thing in the back of the truck in place of the truck bed. Maybe European makers can amend this standard for power and air hookups. A plugin hybrid approach would also be awesome for camper vans and RVs where the engine and traction batteries are dual purposed as a generator and battery storage to power the living quarters and maybe even tie into solar panels on the vehicle for off grid camping. Plus, the NEMA 14-50 outlet is a high powered outlet common at RV parks in the USA and is often used for EV chargers in the USA. So you get into one plug to do both charging and running the living quarters. Nobody has tapped into these power outlets with their EV design that are everywhere in the USA at RV camping spots and such, but if you do, that is a whole pile of pre-existing "charging stations" just waiting for someone to get smart and tap into it. Tesla is finally getting into the trucking business. It turns out semi-trucks usually drive fixed routes with the drivers required to take rest breaks at regular intervals, so it is easy enough to plan infrastructure around this. You just need a good enough EV truck and the rest falls into place easily enough. Tesla now has a good enough truck. Can Germany also make a battery powered truck? Except maybe focus on the European market as the Tesla truck is not designed for the European market. 5. Trains are a far more energy efficient way to move stuff around than trucks - What is Germany doing to get say more freight moving by train instead of having piles of trucks everywhere? Are you willing to cut some of the red tape to getting better train infrastructure in place and get serious about doing trains right? (The USA for example while once having a great rail network, has some of the worst red tape around this in the world, but it still does better with freight rail than Germany despite this red tape issue.) And what does Germany think of the micro-mobility movement around many parts of the world that can make train travel far more practical to more people? As in the train is the bulk mover of people to an area and the micro-mobility gets you the last mile there? After all, your neighbors in the Netherlands ride bicycles everywhere as it is. In the USA at least, bike lanes are going up everywhere and roads are being redone to protect bicyclists from getting run over by cars, something long overdue, but this also helps make other micro-mobility devices far more practical to use in a number of places as they use the same lanes for bicycles.

Is anyone ready to talk about toxic waste produced in the process of rare earth elements mining? Especially in China. Does going green outweigh the damage to the environment and human health?

You know your losing when even your state media admits your losing 😂

are eu and us markets share the same customer expectations with the chinese... if not then evs wont be a viable alternative for all..

Its not only China that Germany has to worry about. France is also coming for them with the Citroen e-C3 EV launching with base model expected to start from only 24k euros

I wouldn’t by a Chinese car ever unless there was a big change in how Chinas government works and treats its people and the world

I just bought a mercedes EQB made in Hungary. Very nice.

GM and Ford still deeply asleep too