Lats (314 ppm)

My home is in south eastern New South Wales. I have interests in: #climatechange as it seems the world many be a very unpleasant place for my kids and grandkids, the #environment for a similar reason, #physics as it makes our civilisation possible, #astrophotography because it’s cool, #photography as I like capturing the moment, #renewableenergy as it’s the only way out of the #climatecrisis, renewable powered vehicles as #evs and hydrogen is the way of #fossilfuels.

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Cake day: November 21st, 2022
  • Lats (314 ppm)@aus.socialtoElectric Vehicles@lemmy.world•BYD leads EV sales surge in Brazil with affordable electric cars
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    6 months ago

    @Zipitydew the Chinese government wanted it to happen and invested. They take the long view. Most companies in china appear to be government entities of some sort. BYD is sort of a black swan in as much as the Chinese government wanted to be the market leader and is prepared to disrupt the traditional players. Tariffs probably won’t work as China will market to the rest of the world. What may help is incentives to modernise and produce cost effective vehicles. Non Chinese car manufacturers really stuck their heads in the sand for at least 10-20 years and are now paying the price.

    The last time I saw this much angst was during the oil shock of the 1970s where US gas guzzlers were unsellable due to the high fuel costs. Japanese cars were the target then as they were relatively fuel efficient.

    BTW, Chinese labour costs seem to be increasing so maybe the days of people working for a pittance aren’t as relevant as they used to be.