The recent surge in fuel prices due to the war in Iran has spurred demand for electric vehicles around the world, and Chinese car makers are making the most of the opportunity.

  • D1re_W0lf@piefed.social
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    16 hours ago

    Even before this US war on Iran. BYD was already the top seller electric brand, ahead of European and United States brands, so I’m a little confused with this article.

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      4 hours ago

      Given the enshittification of the BBC I’d say journalist wangled a free ticket to the car show, was desperately trying to find the hook to write the story on, and asked the BYD rep something nigh on insulting like

      “How can BYD be profitable when they are locked out of the world’s biggest car market ?”

      And given they’re not allowed to say “We’re already doing just fine bitch, we don’t need to kiss the orange fascists taint” then you get that carefully diplomatic quote

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      4 hours ago

      i think they’re just reminding the conmander in chief that they in fact do NOT need murica to do well.