I can buy a Chinese EV, I can't buy that, and the Chinese companies aren't controlled by a manchild that argues with other companies on Twitter (e.g. removing Disney+ after arguing with the Disney CEO)
Tesla is bringing LFP battery production in the US. They have been manufacturing other battery types for a very long time.
So you can say they're doing a lot more then competitors to onshore production.
It's a shame the only companies with LFP expertise are in China, so they have to get the know how from them and production equipment at least initially.
Similar thing to how silk ended up in the byzantine empire.
So no, it bears no relation. CATL is a chinese company, controlled like everything else by CCP, Tesla is a western company, controlled by stockholders.
You only saw renderings in this article. "Unveils", preorders all sold out, not a single REAL picture of video clip. Even the promotional movie is all cgi.
Yes, but given the fact that other chinese EV cars are very competitive in the markets where they are sold, with satisfied consumers, and given the fact that Xiaomi is a pretty decent company with a good record, I don't think your skepticism is warranted.
Let's not forget that law in China is draconian and the communist government always enjoy the opportunity to jail executives and I don't think a company like Xiaomi wouldn't be accepting pre-orders without being pretty sure they will be able to deliver.
Indeed. But let's not forget that China manufactures a lot of EVs because they manufacture a lot of cars, and contrary to us, they have no fixed dates on transitioning from ICEs to EVs.
And also while the west decrease our usage of coal by X, at the same time they increased theirs by something like 4x, and right now, both China and India are building brand new coal power stations.
There's nothing wrong with the Norwegian approach of excessive extraction combined with demand destruction. It just forces the Saudis to cut their production even more as they want to keep prices high.
There's too much focus on supply in environmental circles. The IEA forecasts an excess of a staggering 8 million barrels per day by 2030 due to peaking demand. The only question is who will have to cut this time.
There's a lot wrong with it. The reserves that will be burned include all Saudi reserves and all Norwegian reserves. The hand wringing BS doesn't change anything about prices being high enough to fund the politics of forcing us to extract and burn all reserves until they are gone. Only refusing to burn your reserves changes whether we are screwed.
There isn't enough demand to burn all reserves, and nobody will burn oil for fun - it's quite expensive. Someone will be stuck with stranded assets, and currently it looks like it will be the Saudis.
The cost of all sorts of energy extraction methods have steadily dropped over time. Oil would have to be politically stranded forever, which doesn't fit the 1984 like political flows of the current world.
