• UGMadness@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I worked in China but left right after the initial pandemic lockdown in June 2020, back then I barely saw any electric cars on the streets (lived in a big second tier city, not 100% sure on cities like Beijing and Shanghai). Mostly buses and taxis were electric, and only partially.

    Now I go on Youtube and look at footage of China’s streets and it’s completely changed.

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      1 year ago

      I was in hangzhou in late 2019, and even back then I was surprised t the number of EVs. About half our taxis were EVs, all local brands. I also saw a mall dealership for XPENG, which were pretty impressive looking.

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      1 year ago

      The Chinese government is pushing for green and renewable energy, it make perfect sense, they do not want to be dependent on oil/gas import. Also for the environment, the air quality is not great over there.

      I believe one of my coworkers went back to China recently, and he told me even the buses are electric now.

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      1 year ago

      There has been an explosion of EVs in China over the past few / couple years. Mind boggling. Its about 50/50 between ICE and new energy vehicles in cities like Shanghai in 2023 and probably will be 70/30 in favour of EVs in a couple more years.