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Electric vehicles are more heavily subsidized in China than America. 22% of new car sales in China are electric vs 1% in America. China also has a lot of tariffs and regulations preventing foreign competition.


> 22% of new car sales in China are electric vs 1% in America

Where are you getting 1% from? That's off by a drastic amount.

"EV sales climb and are on track to be 9% of US new car purchases in 2023"

"U.S. sales of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles reached 17.7% of new light-duty vehicle sales in the third quarter"

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/electric-vehicles-EVs-new-c...

https://apnews.com/article/automakers-electric-vehicles-us-c...




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