Phil1111 908 #1 Posted May 4, 2021 The lead that the US had in electric vehicle production has been squandered by trump and the GOP. China is now taking the lead in its efforts to go green. In China there is no debate about a new Green Deal, its a fact. "China will be making over eight million electric cars a year by 2028, estimates LMC Automotive, a global data firm, compared with one million last year. Europe is on track to make 5.7 million fully electric cars by then...North American automakers are on track to build only 1.4 million electric cars a year by 2028, according to LMC, compared with 410,000 last year.." "At the end of 2020, an important milestone was reached when 4.92 million new energy vehicles (NEVs), including battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles, were operating on China’s roads. These were 1.75% of the country’s total vehicle stock. Ten years ago, China had only deployed some 20,000 NEVs nationwide, and it was only eight years ago that China established a mid-term strategy for NEV development that aimed at a cumulative 5 million vehicles sold by the end of 2020. This means that in just a decade, China’s NEV population grew by about 250 fold!" "Why China is so far ahead of the U.S. in electric vehicle production" ? answer...the GOP and trump. But there will be costs.(Special section for Brent). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,382 #2 May 6, 2021 On 5/4/2021 at 3:08 PM, Phil1111 said: The lead that the US had in electric vehicle production has been squandered by trump and the GOP. "Make China Great Again" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeWeber 2,294 #3 May 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, billvon said: "Make China Great Again" As I have been pointing out whenever possible, if you care about the survival of the human race then vote Chinese. "You may advance and be absolutely irresistible, if you make for the enemy's weak points; you may retire and be safe from pursuit if your movements are more rapid than those of the enemy." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 291 #4 May 6, 2021 4 hours ago, JoeWeber said: "you may retire and be safe from pursuit if your movements are more rapid than those of the enemy." I am retired, and my movements are very rapid -- prepping for a colonoscopy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brenthutch 383 #5 May 6, 2021 (edited) On 5/4/2021 at 6:08 PM, Phil1111 said: The lead that the US had in electric vehicle production has been squandered by trump and the GOP. China is now taking the lead in its efforts to go green. In China there is no debate about a new Green Deal, its a fact. https://e360.yale.edu/features/despite-pledges-to-cut-emissions-china-goes-on-a-coal-spree BTW now that China has replaced subsidies with mandates, they will be making a lot of expensive EVs that nobody will be buying. For the foreseeable future the US is sticking with full sizes pickup trucks and SUVs. Wake me when that changes and we can have another conversation. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/08/pickup-trucks-dominate-americas-10-best-selling-vehicles-of-2020.html Edited May 6, 2021 by brenthutch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
