Auto execs in the US, Europe, and Japan never thought Chinese EVs were a threat. Now they’re coming to wipe the floor with their Western counterparts.

Auto execs in the US, Europe, and Japan never thought Chinese EVs were a threat. Now they’re coming to wipe the floor with their Western counterparts.

“You won’t believe what’s coming,” warned the title of a January 2023 video from the Inside China Auto YouTube channel. “Europe’s premium car makers aren’t ready for this,” warned another video from the same channel, uploaded in July.

Produced by Shanghai-based automotive journalist Mark Rainford, a former communications executive for Mercedes-Benz, the channel is one of several by China-based Western commentators agog at what they are seeing—and driving.

  • Granixo@feddit.clEnglish
    141·
    9 months ago

    I live in Chile 🇨🇱 (South America 🌎), and i can guarantee you that my country has been flooded by Chinese cars in the last year. (Mostly Changan’s, followed by BYD and finally Kia)

    Plus, our government has made a deal with BYD so that they’ll replace all fuel-based public transportation with EVs. 🔌⚡🚌 (Link [in Spanish] down below)

    https://www.nexotrans.com/movil/noticia/111003/nexobus/los-autobuses-electricos-de-dos-pisos-de-byd-llegan-a-chile.html

    So yeah, there IS a mayor market for China’s cheap vehicles (aka developing countries), and i bet that until most vehicles around the planet are EVs, China will be the mayor seller for a few years.

    • ChicoSuave@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      9 months ago

      Koa is owned by Hyundai, a South Korean company. But I see your point in the flood of Asian imports.