In March, someone found that the bus on the streets of Denmark turned out to be a domestically produced Yutong bus. This incident was posted on Weibo and was also on the hot search.
This is not an uncommon sight.
Made in China has long been ubiquitous. In today's world, the protagonist of Made in China has gradually become high-end goods such as ships and automobiles from the original cheap goods such as clothing and small commodities.
Although some people are reluctant to acknowledge the progress of Made in China, reality always allows them to slap their faces at the speed of light.
Nowadays, in the eyes of some foreigners, driving a Chinese new energy vehicle is the same as the imported car driven by Chinese 30 years ago.
Foreign tyrants have also begun to pinch their noses and endure high tariffs, opting for Chinese-made new energy vehicles, and even turning "second-hand" domestic cars for export, which has become a new "outlet" for creating wealth.
● BYD is a specially customized car carrier for new energy vehicles to go to sea
For no other reason, China's new energy vehicles, whether it is price, design and workmanship, are too fragrant for them.
China surpassed Japan last year to become the world's largest exporter of cars. Among them, the growth of new energy vehicles has contributed significantly.
In the whole world, no one can escape the "law of true fragrance" made in China.
Domestic cars overturned Tesla in Central Asia
What do foreigners think of China's new energy vehicles? Let's start with a blogger's street picking.
In this video, the first sound made by the random street picker when facing China's new energy vehicles is "Wow"!
"I love the design of this car, it's futuristic!"
"I've never seen a screen like this"
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For an electric car with a domestic price of 600,000, foreigners began to sour. This configuration costs 100,000 euros (about 1 million yuan) in Europe.
In this video, some foreigners speculated that this car would have to go up to 1 million, and when they knew that the price was only 600,000, they directly said "I really want to own this car".
Of course, China's new energy vehicles, from cheap to high-end, are almost indiscriminate temptations for foreigners.
Last year, the domestic ideal car became extremely popular in Central Asia and Russia.
At that time, at the Khorgos port in Xinjiang, someone directly pulled 300 cars and put them at the port, waiting for people to come and buy them. This is still in short supply, and the price of a car will increase by at least 40,000 yuan.
In the hottest months of May ~ June, selling an ideal L9 can earn at least 90,000 yuan.
Cheap, easy to use and many choices, this has become the label of China's new energy vehicles.
● Domestically produced new energy vehicles that are waiting to be "exported" by intermediaries
Some people who do cars in Eastern Europe said, "Our Chinese cars are only unfamiliar to foreigners, and there is nothing they don't like."
Moreover, in Central and Eastern European countries, relatively cheap domestic new energy vehicles have become the mainstream of the local market. A local car trader said, "You can't see a Tesla in Uzbekistan, why? Because our new energy vehicles have a first-mover advantage there."
Not only in Central Asia and Eastern Europe, but also in Israel, Thailand and New Zealand, all of which are Chinese brand new energy vehicles. BYD Yuan PLUS (overseas version is called Att0 3), which has been "ignored" by consumers in China, has quietly become the new darling of third world countries.
In addition to this, the car market in Southeast Asia has dominated Japanese cars in recent decades. The needle can't penetrate the market, but because of new energy vehicles, Chinese brands have punctured the myth of Japanese cars.
● Chinese brands account for nearly ninety percent of the local NEV sales in 2023 compiled by Thai auto websites
Even second-hand domestic new energy vehicles are growing overseas.
According to some data, the United Arab Emirates ranks first among the countries that import cars from China, and Jordan ranks second.
The reason why domestic second-hand new energy vehicles are so popular in the Middle East is entirely because of the cost performance.
Therefore, a person who is engaged in the trade of second-hand new energy vehicles in the local area said: "It is a very face-saving thing to drive a new energy vehicle in China. Domestic new energy vehicles are very cost-effective, and many intelligent vehicle machine systems are something they have never experienced."
The birthplace of BBA began to boast about Chinese cars?
Don't think that our new energy vehicles rely on second-hand low prices to enter economically underdeveloped countries and regions, in fact, in developed countries, China's new energy vehicles are also coveted.
Earlier this year, a car blogger posted an article saying that a "local tyrant" in Sydney, Australia, gave up Tesla and liked to mention a BYD Song Plus DMI high-end champion version.
● A Sydney family likes BYD's new energy vehicle, even though it sells for $45,000 locally
This domestically produced new energy vehicle cost the Australian tycoon 45,000 US dollars, which is almost equivalent to 325,000 yuan.
However, the price is tempting enough.
After all, Tesla's Model 3 sells for nearly $60,000 including tax, while the Model Y costs almost $68,000.
Of course, when the "local tyrant" learned that the same model he bought was only worth $26,000 in China, he was still a little devastated.
Why is the price difference so big? Could it be that Chinese companies have cut leeks?
Later, I learned that this is not really to blame for the pricing of Chinese companies, but that Australia's tariffs are too high.
Good quality and low price are the universal selection criteria.
The configuration is high, the design and workmanship are good, and the price is so much cheaper than Tesla, so vote for it with your feet.
In fact, not only Australian tycoons like China's new energy, but Europe is the largest consumer market for China's pure electric vehicles.
● The number of domestically produced pure electric vehicles exported to some European countries in January~August 2023
In 2023, China exported 640,000 pure electric vehicles to Europe, with an export value of 132.5 billion yuan, equivalent to a unit price of almost 207,000 yuan.
It's expensive, and it's a lot more.
In January ~ September last year, the domestically produced MG 4 EV surpassed Tesla's Model 3 and ranked first among compact pure electric vehicles in Europe, becoming the sales champion of domestic cars in Europe.
It is also interesting to see that the country where Chinese electric cars sell best in Europe is the United Kingdom, followed by France and Germany, both traditional automotive powerhouses.
● BYD's own first car carrier arrived in Europe last year, causing concern
Moreover, as the German media, which has always been harsh and critical of foreign car brands, has also opened the boasting mode in the face of China's new energy vehicles.
You know, Germany is the birthplace of BBA (BBA is the "abbreviation" of Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi), and they haven't looked at anyone in the traditional automotive field.
Deutsche Welle (DW) and automotive media outlet Auto Motor und Sport have conducted an in-depth review of another Chinese car brand, BYD's Atto3 (an overseas version of the Yuan plus). In the video titled "Super Safe Chinese Car", the car is full of praise for its good safety, design, and comfortable driving experience.
The reviewers concluded that there was no second car in the European market at the same price that could compete with it.
The price of this car in Germany is 38,000 euros, which is almost 290,000 yuan. What is the domestic price?The top champion version of the Yuan PLUS is only 163,800. That is, the price abroad is almost double the domestic price.
● The price of the BYD Atto3 in Europe is almost double that of the same model in China
You say, this is not like a copy of the imported cars bought by Chinese decades ago?
New energy vehicles go overseas
After more than 40 years of reform and opening up, Made in China has redefined the "Law of True Fragrance". Especially in the area of new energy vehicles, it is a drama of changing lanes and overtaking.
In the traditional manufacturing industry, made in China is bound by the first-mover advantage of the West, patents, etc., and we can still fight a bloody way, not to mention the new energy automobile industry where everyone is "on an equal footing".
In March this year, Bloomberg published an article focusing on the challenge of China's new energy vehicles to established American car companies.
Although China's new energy vehicles have not yet landed in the U.S. market, "old guns" like GM and Ford have been on pins and needles. The U.S. Manufacturing Alliance even directly called for the government to take "new trade protectionist" measures against China to prevent an "extinction-level incident" from occurring.
Ford executives have called China's electric vehicles a "huge strategic threat," and Carlos Tavares, the chief executive of Chrysler's parent company, said:
"The Chinese offensive is probably the biggest risk facing Tesla and companies like us right now. We have to work very, very hard to make sure that we provide consumers with a better product than China. ”
Of course, there are American thinkers who say, "If you can't beat them, join them."
● In the past three years, China's new energy vehicle sales have become more and more different from Europe and North America
On April 15, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who visited China, said in Shanghai that the German market welcomes Chinese cars.
The German Association of the Automotive Industry published an article on the 13th opposing the EU's imposition of additional tariffs on electric vehicles imported from China.
This statement, which looks both "currying favor" with China and "responding" to opposition, has an important note – "the European market must compete openly and fairly with Chinese cars." At the same time, dumping, overcapacity and intellectual property infringement will not be tolerated. ”
Say no, the body is honest.
A week before the German Chancellor came to China, Toyota of Japan officially announced that it would cooperate with Chinese companies in power batteries, which is the first time that Toyota has laid out the business of battery cascade utilization outside Japan.
Moreover, it is also reported that Toyota will jointly launch an intelligent driving solution with Huawei in terms of intelligent driving, and this application is not only for the Chinese market, but for Toyota's models around the world.
● Japanese companies are producing new energy vehicles. In 2020, Toyota has already made a joint venture with BYD, and according to Japan's Yahoo Finance website, Toyota and Huawei have another Chinese company for autonomous driving to provide software and hardware for Toyota's future intelligent driving
However, will the future road of domestic new energy vehicles to the sea be calm and smooth sailing?
Definitely not.
At the end of February this year, the United States announced the opening of an investigation into Chinese-made connected cars due to national security, and some senators even suggested that the tax rate be set at 125%.
In Europe, the European Union announced in September last year that it would open a countervailing investigation into Chinese electric vehicles. BYD, Geely and SAIC were the first ones. Moreover, the European Union has registered the import of electric vehicles from China since March this year. Once they believe that these Chinese companies are receiving unfair subsidies, they may be hit by retroactive tariffs.
Following the launch of the EU investigation, foreign media reported that the UK is also considering an investigation into electric vehicle subsidies.
These actions by the EU have been listed by the US Manufacturing Alliance as trade measures worth emulating, and are seen as a focus of cooperation in the transatlantic relationship.
On the way to the sea, in addition to the unfair treatment of the "away", you will also encounter arrogance and prejudice.
In October last year, a Yutong new energy bus in Italy had an accident, and in the absence of any evidence, the local media began to take the rhythm, saying that "it is suspected that the domestic Yutong bus has a 'quality problem'", and the bus companies in many Italian cities have stopped Yutong buses because of this.
In subsequent investigations, it was confirmed that there was no problem with the vehicle itself, and that there were no anomalies in the operating data. In addition, the data is recorded in a database in Germany and is managed by Amazon. You can't say it's not transparent enough, right?
Therefore, the person in charge of the local bus company said: "These vehicles (Yutong's electric buses) are safe, they are super technical vehicles, and it is only a political decision to let them go on the road now." ”
● The Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported, "Mestre tragedy, electric bus company: no abnormalities in fleet inspection. It is now up to the municipality to decide whether or not to restore service"
Whether it's putting up barriers out of fear or throwing dirt on arrogance, there are more other factors than the market.
In the past, China's exports were clothing, home appliances and furniture. Last year, electric manned vehicles, lithium-ion batteries and solar cells became the "new three" of China's exports, with a total export of 1.06 trillion yuan.
At that time, the real purpose of the slogans put forward by the West in the name of environmental protection was not simply for the future of the earth, but a gimmick to hinder China's development. But today, these are really being achieved step by step by China.
On the contrary, Western countries are now not saying a word, but they will be hysterical about emerging industries that are truly high-quality and inexpensive, and at the same time environmentally friendly.
China's new energy vehicles are destined to not be smooth sailing. However, no matter how difficult it is, there will be a day when "the light boat has crossed the Ten Thousand Mountains". Text/Tang Seng Cowboy