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EU dropped tariffs but forced China to sell their cars for higher prices. Seems like those profits will become a problem, too.
IMHO, a big part of the problem is that many EU car manufacturers are just overpriced trash. Why do I need 20,000 € extras on my BMW if I can just buy a Hyundai which has it all included? Why are there 70,000 € Mercedes vehicles which have plastic interiors? Those are my issues at least.
Wdym "at risk" that battle was over 5 years ago. China is completely dominating the EV market. And their sodium battery production is making sure it stays that way.
As we can see by all the Chinese EVs on our streets. Oh, wait... they don't exist and their market share is rediculous low.
But hey, this will totally change with all the cheap Chinese EVs... that -again... surprise- will not be cheap here after all the work they have to do to even make them compliant with minimal requirements and with all the investments still needed to build up a proper support network for repairs and maintenance. All that despite rediculous subsidies at home.
Just the VW group (full of idiots still lobbying hard to convince governments and people to keep obsolete combustion engines alive) make up nearly 1/3 of the European EV market without even trying. Chinese competitors sit at a single-digit % of marketshare combined.
The only thing China actually has a chance of winning is the information war. A few more years of keeping idiots brain-washed into clinging to obsolete bullshit while every European EVs is accompanied by an army of bots crying how bad it is while chanting "China! China! China!" might actually show results at some point. But not because of any actual Chinese accomplishment but because Europeans keep fucking themselves.
this post was submitted on 27 May 2026
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