Recently, the news about the best-selling United States of electric vehicles in China has aroused heated discussions.
According to United States media reports, in the first half of this year, more than 40,000 Chinese-made cars were sold in the United States market, and this number will continue to grow.
According to the statistics of the Russia Satellite News Agency, at the beginning of the summer this year, China's supply of United States passenger cars hit a record high, and 401.7 million US dollars worth of passenger cars were sold to United States in June.
In order to prevent Chinese electric vehicles from entering the United States market, in early May this year, the United States increased the tariff on electric vehicles imported from China to 100% from the previous 25%.
However, to the surprise of the United States government, the number of electric vehicles imported from China by United States hit a record high in June, instead of falling sharply.
With a 100% tariff, why is there a significant increase in sales?
The reason is simple, Chinese electric vehicles are cheap, and even with a 100% increase in tariffs, they are still very competitive in the United States market.
In addition, in the 2024 United States presidential election, Trump is likely to be re-elected.
Mr. Trump has previously threatened to impose 60 percent tariffs on imports from China.
So, if Trump is elected, it will be more expensive to import electric cars from China, and it will be more cost-effective to buy more now.
For years, automakers, politicians and car enthusiasts have been hyping up how Chinese automakers will ruin United States and the entire auto industry.
They fabricate all kinds of lies and spread rumors to smear China's electric vehicles.
In recent years, Chinese electric vehicles have sold well all over the world, bringing a different experience to more and more young people, but United States politicians have deprived Americans of this right.
United States netizens commented: Many years ago, Japan were accused of "destroying the country". All I saw was a sturdy car at a reasonable price. United States auto companies must step up their efforts to compete. There is no doubt that the Chinese will again teach the same lesson to domestic automakers. This is called free enterprise.
United States's innovation ability is indeed very strong, and United States lead the world significantly in chip design, artificial intelligence, biomedicine and other fields.
The United States pursues a high rate of return on capital and high added value.
For low-to-mid-end manufacturing, no capital is willing to enter.
Over time, manufacturing in the United States has gradually moved out. At present, United States has become a country with a hollowing out of manufacturing.
The electric vehicle manufacturing industry, from lithium batteries to auto parts, to vehicle manufacturing, to charging piles, involves a very long industrial chain.
The hollowing out of United States manufacturing has made United States automakers completely unable to compete with Chinese automakers.
Without high tariff barriers, Chinese electric vehicles will sweep the United States, and the United States auto industry will be forced to make changes to improve its competitiveness.
Full competition is not necessarily a bad thing for United States companies, and Tesla is a model of winning in the cutthroat competition.
The United States government's protectionist behavior, although the short-term has eased the pressure on United States auto companies, but in the long run, these companies simply cannot participate in the competition in the era of electric vehicles, let alone the upcoming era of hydrogen energy vehicles.
In 10 years, you may see a very interesting phenomenon, most countries in the world have used new energy vehicles, but United States are still dominated by fuel vehicles.
When a person begins to age, it begins with a refusal to accept new things.
One country, more or less the same.
United States is now increasingly closed, and the globalization and free trade that he once championed are now behind him.
The prevalence of anti-globalization and trade protectionism has made the current United States look as weak and powerless as Biden.
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