Nice. Can’t wait for the reactions of those that support a corporation over basic rights.

Wow, that VAT tax exemption is huge.

Dude, I am not a China hater. I am just saying that the EU requires a certain number of paint systems to be installed in all vehicles and this contributed to increased prices. My EV was manufactured in China. Jeez.

This is not just about crash tests.

In the EU these advanced systems have to be fitted in all new vehicles since 2022: intelligent speed assistance; alcohol interlock installation facilitation; driver drowsiness and attention warning; advanced driver distraction warning; emergency stop signal; reversing detection; and event data recorder (“black box”).

This increases the price of vehicles that are sold in the EU because including all that, increases the price of a vehicle without those systems.

Nevertheless, those are different requirements that require changes in production lines and components for a smaller number of vehicles meaning lower economies of scale and less advantageous supplier contracts.

It’s one of the reasons, but not the only one.

Yes they ALL do this. It’s cheaper to use lower quality steel, not care about crumple zones and not install non-mandatory safety equipment them doing it. Manufacturers only do the minimum required by regulators.

You can easily see the difference between the BYD Dolphin sold in China with the version for Europe in the size of their bumpers.

Ofcourse this does not explain everything, it is one of the factors only.

The safety regulations in China are much more lax. Since they don’t need to comply to such stringent regulations the car is cheaper.

Sodium ion is the most exciting battery chemistry for the future. It’s great for stationary storage and effectively kills the need for gas peaker plants.

I miss him so much. 😭