The figures speak for themselves: in Europe, one in eight vehicles purchased in 2022 was electric (in the U.S., one in seven), while in China, EVs accounted for 25% of total car sales during the same period.
Why the sudden jump from fractions to percentages, right at the point a clear comparison was supposed to be made?
- 1/8 = 12.5%
- 1/7 = 14.2%
- 1/4 = 25%
This article is also suspiciously heavily pro-Chinese. It amplifies the significance of government subsidies to buyers of EV's, while ignoring the fact that most other governments have provided similar subsidies. It reads as if it's trying to encourage investment in China, while stopping short of discussing the kind of leverage China would hold over foreign investors (or even local investors).
It also skirts around the fact that the main reason China is so prominent in the EV market, both locally and internationally, is because Tesla's biggest factory is located in China. That information is there in the article, but repeatedly downplayed.
