EVs Just Beat Gas And Diesel In Europe’s Biggest Car Market For The First Time
insideevs.com/news/802162/evs-outsold-gas-hybrid-diesel-germany/
Replying to @sanitation@lemmy.today
Now that’s one fine looking car market and use of renewable energy!
Amerikkka: WHY DOESN’T MINE LOOK LIKE THAT?!
Replying to @lemmyng@lemmy.world
Isn’t China flooding Europe with cheap EVs? Not necessarily a bad thing but could have some unforeseen repercussions.
Also I’m not advocating that U.S. Automakers are any better, they are not.
Replying to @tidderuuf@lemmy.world
I do see some chinese brands on the road, but not many in comparison to other more established brands.
The thing keeping people away from chinese brands is the uncertainty of future repairs. The “flood” might come in a few years once people have more experience with how it’s handled. Currently, as people get their first EVs, they want to be able to take their VW to the VW shop, not take their BYD to the random no-name mechanic with a BYD sticker on their window.
Everyone is also waiting for the statistics from the EU inspections. Nobody wants a car that can’t pass the inspection in a few years time. Tesla has proven to be a huge failure in that regard, and I think that will scare people away from not only Tesla, but also the unknown chinese brands who yet have to prove themselves.
It also doesn’t help that these smaller brands pop up and go bankrupt in the same year as they scramble to find their markets.
EU brands might not be any better or cheaper, but at least they are better represented locally.
Replying to @bstix@feddit.dk
They are not all “smaller” brands. BYD SAIC CHERY etc are fucking giants.
Replying to @elucubra@sopuli.xyz
Yeah BYD will survive, but smaller brands like hiphi, neta, nio, LI auto, etc. There are more than 160 different Chinese brands trying to enter the markets. Most of them will or have already failed in Europe, even if they are active in other countries.
Plenty of new European brands have also failed for the same reasons.