China dominates the electric vehicle industry, with its brands responsible for about two-thirds of global sales in 2024, although none of those sales were in the U.S.

China loves electric cars: making them, driving them and selling them to the rest of the world.

Electric vehicles have been widely adopted in China, thanks in part to years of now-defunct government subsidies and a fast-growing network of charging stations. According to the International Energy Agency, almost half of the cars sold in China in 2024 were electric, compared with about 1 in 10 in the U.S.

But despite growing global interest in the innovative sector, Chinese electric cars remain out of reach for consumers in the world’s second-largest auto market, the United States.

  • Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Like the US factories that have mandatory overtime and if you don’t meet the requirement you get fired? 6-7 days a week and 10 hours a day.

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        I have worked in US factories. I got a write up for missing three whole days of mandatory seven day, ten hour weeks, with a doctor’s note. I was fortunate enough at the time that I found a job elsewhere on five day weeks that paid more on that same day because I walked out the door without a meeting, let alone signing anything.