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Today's Paris Olympics is definitely the focus of global attention, and China is "out of the limelight" in Paris, even faintly overshadowing the Olympic host France.
Far from being dissatisfied, France is very happy about this, and this is all thanks to the world's first pure electric double-decker open-top sightseeing bus that amazes the streets of Paris in China!
This double-decker bus designed and manufactured by the mainland can not only enjoy the scenery from the open top, but also have the powerful function of synchronous voice from 8 countries, which is simply tailor-made for international events such as the Paris Olympics.
Looking at the double-decker buses that are popular among tourists from all over the world, France, as the organizer, is very satisfied, but United States is not very happy, because they never expected that China would shoot so fast!
Chinese buses amaze the streets of Paris!
In fact, the "medium content" of this Olympic Games hosted by France is really high, and you can see all kinds of Chinese elements almost everywhere on the streets of Paris.
Mascot "Friger"
From the Olympic mascot "Friger" to the "volunteer-made" cheering sticks, the Eiffel Tower model, to the table tennis table on the field, the floor glue, etc., many are made in China.
Source: Dahe Finance Cube 2024-07-23 Report on "Made in China amazes the streets of Paris, Yutong once again serves an international sports event".
Of course, the most eye-catching is the most conspicuous "red" on the streets of Paris, which is the double-decker electric bus imported by France from the mainland.
This "open-top bus" is completely independently developed by Chinese enterprises, has a number of world-leading core technologies, and is specially built by China for overseas markets.
In March this year, in order to help the Paris Olympic Games, Continental exported this Ankai pure electric double-decker convertible sightseeing car to France, and France also attached great importance to it, and specially put it on the tourist golden route in Paris!
In fact, this pure electric double-decker bus has been launched as early as 2017, which caused a lot of sensation in the international community at that time.
So what kind of "Made in China" is this pure electric double-decker bus, which can make overseas countries such a treasure?
First of all, the car's "pure electric, zero emission" design concept alone is enough to make countries around the world flock to it, especially France, which wants to make the Paris Olympics "the greenest Olympics in history".
This pure electric double-decker bus made by the mainland is definitely a charcoal in the snow for France, which not only helps it relieve the traffic pressure during the Olympics, but also adds a touch of "green" to Paris.
The most important thing is that this pure electric double-decker bus adopts a novel semi-convertible design and panoramic view, which not only looks stylish, but also allows passengers to easily enjoy the scenery along the way after taking a ride on the second floor.
However, unlike France's extremely happy, the performance of China's pure electric double-decker buses on the streets of Paris can be described as a slap in the face of United States, because United States has been targeting the development of Chinese electric vehicles for many years.
In 2013, the United States openly stated that it wanted the mainland's BYD to "get out of California", and this also started with BYD beating a number of competitors in the United States and signing a $14 million order with the United States Long Beach Group.
At that time, in the face of the joint counterattack of several local companies in United States, BYD successfully won this 10-million-level order from the United States Long Beach Bus Operating Company by virtue of its excellent strength.
This behavior has undoubtedly aroused the dissatisfaction of the United States, and it has even not hesitated to engage in some unsightly "small actions" in terms of payment!
At that time, according to the contract, the United States Long Beach Company would pay BYD $12.1 million, of which $9.6 million came from the U.S. federal grant.
However, the U.S. federal government refused to allocate funds to BYD in the name of "BYD's violation of labor laws", and even under its deliberate propaganda, unwitting United States people began to boycott BYD.
Source: Xinmin Evening News 2024-05-23 Report on "'Made in China' electric buses are popular in Europe and the United States".
Now ten years have passed, China's electric vehicles have not only collapsed because of the suppression of United States, but have been at the forefront of the world, and BYD has become the United Kingdom royal car, and has won United States 80% of the electric bus market!
According to relevant data, China's sales of new energy vehicles have ranked first in the world for 9 consecutive years, which has also led to the envy of the United States on the mainland.
In May this year, in order to restrict the development of electric vehicles in China, the Biden administration announced that it would impose 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, photovoltaic cells and other products on the basis of the 301 tariffs on China!
Later, even the European Union followed in the footsteps of United States and announced that it would impose temporary tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles from July 4, and decide whether to change the temporary tariffs into permanent tariffs after four months.
However, what the United States and the European Union did not expect was that they "miscalculated" the tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles!
Because this kind of wanton trade protectionism not only damages the legitimate rights and interests of China's electric vehicle industry, but also has a great negative impact on the global automotive industry supply chain, including United States and the European Union.
Because Chinese electric vehicles occupy a large market in the United States and the European Union, imposing tariffs on China will eventually only increase the cost of car purchase for local residents, which is completely harmful to others and self-interest.
And United States' resistance to China's electric vehicle development is, from a certain point of view, undermining United States's own green transformation, which is not conducive to the development of environmental protection.
However, from the performance of China's pure electric double-decker buses at the Paris Olympics, it can be clearly seen that the mainland has made a breakthrough in the field of electric vehicles, and it has once again proved China's strength to the world.
Of course, "some people are happy and some are worried", for France, the host of the Paris Olympics, must be very happy, after all, with the help of China's pure electric double-decker bus, it is undoubtedly more enough to make it more worthy of the title of "the most environmentally friendly Olympics in history".
But for the United States, the strong rise of China's electric vehicles is undoubtedly another verification of its behavior of imposing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, and it is appropriate to lift a stone to shoot itself in the foot!
Finally, it should be emphasized that in today's era, only openness and cooperation can achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, and protectionism will only harm others and benefit oneself.
Key Sources:
1. The original article was published on China Daily on August 1, 2024 on the report on "Chinese buses stunning the streets of Paris".
2. The original article was published in Xinmin Evening News on May 23, 2024 on the report on "'Made in China' electric buses are popular in Europe and the United States".
3. The original article was published in Dahe Finance Cube on July 23, 2024 on the report on "Made in China amazes the streets of Paris, and Yutong once again serves the international sports event".
4. The original article was published in Xinhua News Agency International on June 12, 2024 on "Quick Comment|The EU Miscalculated the Accounts of China's Electric Vehicle Tax Hike".