China to hit 50% EV sales a decade early, leaving others to catch up (youtube.com)
Curious what this means for maintenance and long-term. In 10 years, does EV cost Chinese (particularly non-rich people) more? How long do these cars last? What is the energy/mineral/waste? Will the EV ‘advantage’ benefit them in the global market?
China achieved their target early by having the Chinese supply chain, so they offered very inexpensive EVs (cheaper than gas cars). Infrastructure also better than other places, with 10m charging stations. You can find a charging station almost anywhere, with 2.5 cars to a charging station.
China did 75% of global sales of EVs or something. Meanwhile Europe and US make super expensive EVs with all kinds of unneccesary electronic technology to comply with regulations, making them expensive or impractical to fix. Probably, both could compete well if they changed this.