China’s Electric Vehicles Are Going to Hit Detroit Like a Wrecking Ball

[ddaydetroit]

I just came from the Vientiane the capital of Laos which shares a border with China and am now in Bangkok and have been paying attention to EV’s because of this post much to my surprise Vientiane has a lot of EV’s Bangkok also has a lot but not as many Tesla is the most popular but they have been around the longest I would say I am seeing an equal amount of BYD and Neta with many other smaller brands I would guess only about 1 percent of vehicles are EV’s in Bangkok and a little higher in Vientiane I haven’t see any EV’s outside of the big cities

[Lowell]

I have read where Asian countries are sprinting full speed to EV's in light vehicles, motor bikes, three-wheel cab vehicles, and the like. Are you seeing any of that? Allegedly it is noticeably improving the air.

EV's in their current range abilities are ideal for short distance vehicles, like school buses, local delivery, etc.

I just came from the Vientiane the capital of Laos which shares a border with China and am now in Bangkok and have been paying attention to EV’s because of this post much to my surprise Vientiane has a lot of EV’s Bangkok also has a lot but not as many Tesla is the most popular but they have been around the longest I would say I am seeing an equal amount of BYD and Neta with many other smaller brands I would guess only about 1 percent of vehicles are EV’s in Bangkok and a little higher in Vientiane I haven’t see any EV’s outside of the big cities

[Rocket]

I have read where Asian countries are sprinting full speed to EV's in light vehicles, motor bikes, three-wheel cab vehicles, and the like. Are you seeing any of that? Allegedly it is noticeably improving the air.

China outlawed gas scooters around 2009. You used to see 100 of those red, 125cc scooters at every intersection.

ECV's [External Combustion Vehicles] are something like 25% of new car sales now, and the intelligent choice, [plug-in hybrids] account for 37% of new sales.

So they are having to rapidly build 250 gigawatts worth of new coal-fired power plants. So the air is getting worse.

[401don]

China outlawed gas scooters around 2009. You used to see 100 of those red, 125cc scooters at every intersection.

Meanwhile now everybody parks their electric bikes in their highrise units. Last I saw that was thought to be the cause of the fire that killed 15 people last week.

[ddaydetroit]

I cannot say how much outside of Thailand and Laos is going electric but my wife who speaks Thai when we were in 2 different gas powered cabs in Bangkok I had her ask the drivers if they wanted an electric cabs and both said no I only saw one electric cab
On the 3 wheeled cabs they are hugely popular with tourist and locals I did not see a single electric one that being said they all look like they are all over 20 years old so I see them needing to be replaced in the future we will see what if the electric ones catch on, if you look at the attached picture of the 3 wheeled cab the guy is not wearing a mask because of covid but because of the pollution so we see if that changes attitudes
And as far as small motorbikes 99.9 percent were gas but in the attached picture is an electric delivery motorbike and the lockers are for swapping batteries.

I have read where Asian countries are sprinting full speed to EV's in light vehicles, motor bikes, three-wheel cab vehicles, and the like. Are you seeing any of that? Allegedly it is noticeably improving the air.

EV's in their current range abilities are ideal for short distance vehicles, like school buses, local delivery, etc.