
(TheConservativeTimes.org) – Over the last fifteen years, China has rolled out a public charging network worth ten million, and they’ve been able to convince billions of drivers to go electric by providing incentives and subsidies. China is beating the U.S. with their multitude of options for electric vehicle brands as well as their affordable pricing.
Lei Xing, a Chinese auto industry expert, said, “They’re taking over the world, except North America. The U.S. will be the last frontier.”
This shift in the market has pushed China well above the United States when it comes to EVs, and it’s put Chinese automakers in the front of the pack to dominate that market for years.
As a result, the United States is trying to play catch up to get on China’s level. The Biden Administration has been making the transition to EVs a priority, saying that by the end of the decade, electric and hybrid cars should be half of the vehicles sold in the U.S.
The United States has done what it can to help push EVs but also stop the Chinese market from becoming a huge competitor inside of the U.S. One way they’ve done this is by placing heavy tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles with the result hopefully keeping them out of the U.S.
There’s a lot of controversy over whether the U.S. will ever be able to compete with China in the EV sector because of the lagging development of EV infrastructure and the culture of American motorists relying on gas-powered vehicles.
Experts have said that the majority of the delay here is infrastructure build-out. Despite the Biden Administration placing thousands of charging stations and putting billions of dollars into the industry, they can’t seem to catch up with what China has already built.
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