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The US auto industry is in big trouble. China now makes 75 percent of all electric vehicles sold anywhere on earth. US automakers make around 5 percent. (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 14 points 2 months ago (12 children)

Does it really matter? Won't the government just block all Chinese vehicles from being sold here so carmakers in this country don't have to compete?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    Still doesn't help with the fact that not a single person outside the US will buy a Tesla or a Ford.

    Sooner or later Americans will stumble onto TikToks and see how cool BYDs or Beijings are, and they'll wonder why their Chevrolet is a piece of shit.

    The iron curtain only gets you so far when the internet exists. And when a government is too incompetent to even try to censor it.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Tesla stores are pretty common in China. They still buy the Tony Stark tech genius businessman schtick.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Tesla sales have been falling pretty badly in China for a few years now, ever since Chinese companies improved their cars. However, it looks like it had a good couple months at the beginning of 2026. I'd still expect Tesla China to go out of business in a few years.

    For anyone interested:

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Sadly Tesla is still 6% of the EV market in Europe (apparently because of inclusion in Uber Black and UberXL)

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Ugh ffs why would anyone use Uber anyway when we have Bolt and I'm assuming some other services (but Bolt is the main one here since it's an Estonian company and I'm Estonian)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    I'm pretty sure there are even more Teslas in Bolt than in Uber. In my country most Tesla taxis are actually Bolts. Bolt in general seems to have more expensive cars than Uber, from what I've seen.

    A lot of drivers had the idea of taking a loan for a Tesla, then paying it from driving for Uber/Bolt. Not sure how it's going for the Uber ones with Uber's declining driver rates.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    There are more US auto workers working for foreign-owned companies than there are for American-owned companies. Eventually the Chinese EV companies will follow the path of Honda, Totota, etc. and just start opening factories in the US. Tariffs don't apply to US-built cars.

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