African governments welcome Chinese electric vehicle imports, production amid looming trade war

[@whitemoon5752]

US: Tanzania needs freedom and democracy

[@muskreality]

I'm a long time viewer of CNA from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 🇹🇿 thank you for featuring my country. Indeed the future is electric

[@NoFrillz-G]

But CNA likes to report how Africa is being exploited by China. How you feel about that?

[@michaelc821]

Beware..its not what you think.

[@tandoroaji9383]

​@@michaelc821ngomong apa...??? Provokator

[@michaelc821]

@@tandoroaji9383 correct, know who you dealing and doing business with....

[@257.4MHz]

I hope many Africans get lifted from poverty

[@xcx23cwea65]

Hope they reversed engineer the tech and build their own.

[@xbman1]

US and their western allies are doing their best to make sure China cannot help lifted Afericans from poverty.

[@ZweiZwolf]

Chinese EVs and BRI infrastructure can make that happen. EVs can be powered by inexpensive local solar power, rather than increasingly expensive gasoline, and China builds infrastructure that generates long term economic growth.

[@Anonymous------]

​@@xcx23cwea65 I hope the Africans can move to live in North America where land and natural resources are plenty, the same reason people from Europe went to live there.

[@NoFrillz-G]

@@xcx23cwea65 They they don't have to reverse engineer it. China is sharing alot of the tech so they can service it moving forward. R&D will be sitll chinese until the Africans are ready. Let's hope the west doesn't cause any civil war on the continent as they have done before.

[@Politicalchaoss]

Why buying expensive cars from Europe while you can buy better cars with half the price from China

[@ChuanTeh]

Buy expensive car from Europe is a smart move while buying cheap from China is a debt trap 😅

[@Jonipoon]

Half the price, perhaps. But better? No way. I have tested several electric cars and the Chinese ones are definitely lesser in quality, much more plastic etc.

[@jackychen5578]

@@Jonipoon 说来听听你怎么测试呢，什么车？

[@Jonipoon]

@@jackychen5578 I've tested Byd, Ora and Xpeng, and I've tested Tesla, Polestar and Volkswagen's electric vehicles. Even Chinese citizens themselves prefer western brands because of their higher quality, what do you want to discuss?

[@jackychen5578]

@@Jonipoon I think no one will agree with you now. If it was ten years ago, I would agree with you. The quality of European brands at 50,000 euros is good enough, while the same Chinese products at 30,000 euros can reach the same quality.

[@Michael-Ray]

Imagine Africa overtaking the US in EV adoption due to no tariffs.

[@larryevans6739]

Solar energy as well. In the US, our solar subsidies are higher than the unsubsidized price of panels in China, and we still pay three times as much after subsidies. The cost of protectionism is more than the benefit. We could see some communities in Africa leapfrog on renewable energy and EV's.

[@HuyHoanghouston]

so?

[@dereksue4877]

Keep dreaming🤣🤣

[@michaelc821]

It's not a bed of roses. There will be a catch going down the road.

[@Trueye-sl2mr]

I just bought a BYD Atto 3. It is a good, high quality car and handle very well

[@tooltalk]

In Africa?

[@browncony3897]

BYD RVs has lots of battery issues, self immolation issues, brake issues ... be careful!!

[@othmanhassanmajid8192]

​..... telling porkies😂😂

[@MyVoice-bn1vj]

Good news support together China Asia Africa

[@AlhasanBah]

This is good. Africans can learn to manufacture this vehicle soon ❤

[@DW-op7ly]

China built a high speed railway for Indonesia and gave them the technology to build more lines and trains They are also sharing the samples they got from the farside of the moon which will have Helium-3 in it. As Helium-3 as a fuel for Fusion reactors can power the world for 10,000 years and will power space ships to explore the solar system and beyond

[@eskay2012]

@@AlhasanBah - mining has to be controlled. Would you prefer to let the west mine the copper and take them away or African government control the mining?

[@henli-rw5dw]

@@eskay2012 Africa should mine and ask China for technology so that Africa can also refine it's own mineral. This will keep most of the mining profit in Arica, and I think China will do it.

[@happymelon7129]

No raw material export. 18 May 2024 , Mali's economy minister said earlier this week that the deal could bring Mali $191.5 1 million per year. Ganfeng Lithium will set up a spodumene plant which will start production by the end of the year. Mali's share in the Goulamina project 35% , Chinese pay for all tech investments. 'Win-win agreement' "With this win-win agreement, which defends the vital interests of the Malian people, the State of Mali enters into a new partnership with the Chinese group Ganfeng Lithium Co for the development and operation of the Goulamina lithium project," the statement said.

[@TToTToTT]

and then become the china to what china has become to the world

[@catinbootsnow4267]

In Australia, Chinese electric vehicles are selling like hot cakes. ❤

[@tooltalk]

Australia's import of Chinese auto down by 20% in June.

[@saellenx3528]

​@@tooltalkkeep coping bro.😂😂

[@tooltalk]

@@saellenx3528 another denial panda. LOL

[@Nicky_TM]

@@saellenx3528enjoy your cheap Chinese EV, cheap because it doesn’t have working airbags and spontaneously combusts

[@saellenx3528]

@@Nicky_TM I am enyojing it quite well and i am also enojing my good life that God gave me and also i am enjoying fall of Western hegemon. It gives me great joy watching you people cope and live in denial hahaha.😆

[@huhwhatjason]

I just love that CNA can't resist mentioning "subsidies" and the reporter asking leading questions like "how will Africa absorb the spare capacity?!!" Too afraid to just say "overcapacity"? We know whose narrative you're pushing, CNA.

[@ChuanTeh]

They are better than Satan with playing with words 😅

[@eskay2012]

@@huhwhatjason of course, CNA’s report is similar to BBC and obviously slanted and not any milder. CNA even have a segment specially in ‘East Asia’ and we know which country they hit on nightly.

[@djibicisse]

@@huhwhatjason if don’t like Watch cctv la They sing the ccp tune of win win Sounds like animal farm socialism

[@djibicisse]

@@eskay2012 wow nice Nobody wants socialism It’s nice at first

[@fswatyahoocom]

simple and cheap. good for local economy.

[@tooltalk]

Tanzania's electrification rate is only 40%. It's already difficult to build out EV charging infrastructure and enough power in regions with 100% electrific rate. This isn't necessarily helping.

[@fswatyahoocom]

@@tooltalk a new need for increasing the rate 🙂

[@Macky1101]

Why are western countries debating the merits of African countries opening their markets to Chinese manufacturers? Why are they debating about other countries that are not theirs?

[@pjacobsen1000]

CNA is not a western TV station. It is Asian.

[@happymelon7129]

😆 Cable News America

[@OvisAsemota]

The West believes that Africa belongs to them, due to the foolish African leaders supporting them.

[@cainiaowu]

They are jealous

[@ziyanglee7950]

​@happymelon7129 No, bro, CNA does not mean Cable News America. 🤣 CNA is a Singaporean media company, and the letters stand for: Chennai News Asia. 😁✌️

[@HasnaaAlaa]

Go china! ❤

[@christianoronaldo2189]

Good . Forget western colonizers.

[@stellaandeddieluechin1087]

WHEN YOU ARE GOOD AND A DOOR IS SHUT ANOTHER OPENS. THE WEST CANNOT CONTAIN A RISING TIDE " CHINA". 😂😂😂

[@stellaandeddieluechin1087]

@@Nicky_TM ARE YOU AN EXPERT ON EVs. OR AS WE SAY IN MY COUNTRY YOU ARE ONLY PARROTING WHAT YOU HEAR. IT APPEARS YOU ARE ONLY PARROTING.

[@bigkesh441]

​@@stellaandeddieluechin1087 let him wait until he learns about BYD seagull 😂

[@deybicedric]

Blind much? Already had.

[@龚术]

​@@Nicky_TM没有使用你从何得来的结论？你的发言充满偏见，2023年中国汽车出口世界第一，你又得到了多少负面消息？？？可笑！

[@godzillamothra5983]

this is why Africa is going to be the most dynamic continent in the future, as long as they can be aware not to fall into western divide and conquer and debt traps.

[@freeflowtrader]

They are falling into western divide with help of the Chinese and rest of the Asia, what are you thinking? 😂

[@silafaupaulmeredith7251]

@@freeflowtrader Change your username because you are supporting protection policies of the west kinda funny don't you think

[@SK-lt1so]

😂😂😂

[@limk8994]

For africa, its never too late to be aware of western hegemony and its devious propagandas. Its conquer and divide is coming to an end. China/BRICS will put Africa on the world map again.

[@farmthings1989]

The biggest concern for Africa is poor governance. It is no secret China is exploiting that. Intentionally exporting poor quality products to Africa, loans to governments with strings, stealing minerals among others.

[@NoFrillz-G]

Africa and most of the world needs options. The Anglo led war mongers don’t want you to have options. You have to deal with them with their rules based order. Where was this rules based order in Iraq, Libya and Syria.

[@pjacobsen1000]

-Iraq was an unjustified war of aggression by USA, there is no doubt about that. -Libya was a United Nations sanctioned action taken at the direct request of The Arab League and Lebanon. The UN security council approved the action, neither Russia nor China voted against. Western countries supplied the muscle, mostly France and a few Nordic countries. -Syria was/is a civil war started by the Syrian people. The main belligerents in Syria were/are the Syrian government, Russia, Iran, Turkey, and the US, in addition to a number of armed groups. Of the three you mention, Libya is perhaps the best example of how the Rules-Based Order can function.

[@Liboch]

Not only in Africa. In Singapore the EV market share is dominated by Chinese EVs.

[@thecomment9489]

Singapore already has very high almost prohibitive tariffs on ICE cars. May be they can lower some for EV cars.

[@takakuuz2794]

​@@thecomment9489you are lying 😂😅

[@nymuelovan]

Singapore is a chinese enclave

[@Kingofthehill84]

Evs has so many problems like battery pack caught itself on fire while in park, battery pack draining while in park especially in cold weather, chargers freezing up during subzero temperatures, slow charging especially when using multiple chargers at the same time unlike pumps gas stations, range anxiety, high cost of battery pack replacement, etc. Evs is not the future for a varieties reasons that's why Elon is beginning to transition from evs to hydrogen cars in coming years from now.

[@joey3291]

@@Kingofthehill84 Your impression of EVs lighting up themselves mainly came from the older generation batteries, the new LFP batteries used by Chinese EVs no longer do that. You can even penetrate the battery and it will not light up.

[@robertb1508]

Hi! The Philippines really need these! We have a high pollution problem.

[@ZweiZwolf]

The Philippines won't get it because they picked Marcos who must follow America against China.

[@gxguy2906]

Whichever African countries open the door for China will be on top. Those that rely on Western will stay the same. The progress is already there.

[@benjaminchen5715]

The switch from photographic film to digital imaging took over 10 years; in the end, Kodak went bankrupt. The transition from mechanical spinning hard disks to solid-state drives also took over 10 years. Today, all new computers come with solid-state drives. We are currently in the rapid transition phase from gasoline vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs). In five years, most new vehicles will be EVs. Technology changes so fast that if you are not keeping up, you get left behind.

[@resnica3557]

But one can't blame for the sour grapes and tinted message by the Channel News America (CNA) when reporting on EVs from China, because after all it works for the interests of America, who happened not to be able to produce any EVs except for Tesla, which managed to do that only after it was granted a huge factory in Shanghai, China.

[@tooltalk]

Most lithium ion batteries in use today were developed 20-25 years ago and they are still just barely suitable enough to power low-range small EVs. Any new product in the automtive world has to be tested/certified for safety which can take anywhere between 2-3 years, among many other things, before they can ever be driven on the road. That's in addition to the development time and time to mass production and commercialization, etc..

[@VINNYMAC.-tj4be]

I still shoot on film , think Kodak got undone a while ago by Fuji , but Kodak still going , Portra film is highly regarded.

[@pingumy]

@@resnica3557 people mocking china for low quality products. and forgetting that iphone is made in china. it not china cannot produce good quality, is how much you willing to pay for said quality.

[@pragueexpat5106]

Oil price going down and the relevance of oil exporters like Russia, middle east fade would be s good thing.

[@trey_ironside]

People should understand tha America is not "the world market " I'm in South Africa and I can tell you that the Chinese vehicles are increasing fast on the roads and in Southern Africa as region

[@endlessendless2391]

Western consumers have the enormous spending power, which African market don't have. China won't achieve anything significantly profitable, unless it makes a deal with the west.

[@antoniusdesun5509]

Mobil listrik dari Tiongkok sangat membantu sekali untuk mobilitas karena sangat murah dan berkualitas. Negara ini sangat beruntung, negara ini nanti akan menyalip negara maju lainnya.

[@solnahealthcare6343]

We need Chinese economic development advisor in every African country

[@belleame4671]

Nooo

[@leoking5776]

The biggest questions for "overproduction" are: 1. What are the quotas for each country? 2. Who make the quotas? 3. How are the quotas assigned to each country? According to the population or GDP size?

[@mrmatias2618]

When it comes to customers needs and preference, the African market is more similar to the Indian market. It is interesting to see the Chinese to take over the African market rather than the Indian.

[@hengongchua6250]

Indjan only sucks and does not help African countries like China.

[@DW-op7ly]

India with a larger workforce, younger workforce and lower wages Has a 100 billion USD a year trade deficit with China

[@Gow27657]

China actually produces physical goods. India provides services for Western companies so basically coolies for the West.

[@tooltalk]

We've seen this rodeo before: previously by the Western colonizers. The Chinese are going to exploit Africa's resources, sell expensive vanity infrastructure projects, and saddle African countries' finance with debts they could never repay.

[@tooltalk]

@@Gow27657 >> China actually produces physical goods

[@sobanoodlez9372]

Mercedes and American manufacturers are not taking apart Chinese EV to see how they do it. Who would have thought 10 years ago?

[@bu3bu4]

And Japan.

[@ProfessorFickle]

Chinese products have shot lives 😂 and quality problems.

[@happymelon7129]

U$A already did it, taking apart a BYD. with conclusion it will cost 5X to build a BYD , if every parts build in U$A.

[@ProfessorFickle]

@@happymelon7129 : BYD bad quality.

[@ProfessorFickle]

@@happymelon7129: BYD quality is bad , cars won’t last .

[@pajeetsingh]

Good. A true free market. Whoever produce the cheapest and best produce gets the pay.

[@pumalee1997]

Expensive Western cars should be bought by Westerners themselves.😏😏😏

[@kiadav9529]

make some mobile battery replacer so they can call somebody when the battery runs out

[@johnny-ih5es]

With improved infrastructures and continuous engagement in fair trade with China and Russia, Africa can be more developed than India in no time. Africans must be disciplined.

[@jarjarbinks3193]

This strategy didn't quite work out for Pakistan and Sri Lanka before! It just resulted in them getting mired in debt and forced to rely on handouts from the IMF for their very survival.

[@johnny-ih5es]

@@jarjarbinks3193 When SL was in trouble, only 10% of her debt was owed to China. Pakistan has a debt problem but not a Chinese debt problem.

[@AjayBEEEEeeArjun]

Good all the best but own manufacturing only develop country

[@tooltalk]

This is the cold war redux -- been there done that before the Berlin Wall collapsed and Mao starved 60 millions Chinese peasants to death.

[@tooltalk]

@@jarjarbinks3193 Yep, this is China's BRI myth and credibility problem. We've seen this rodeo before and there are skeletons piling up in Xi's closet.

[@BoringDad1272]

The West's fight is not ours. We need business.

[@petrusromanus3790]

Replaceable batteries and vehicle teams which can charging another vehicle can help shorten waiting time for charging and help sales of EVs.

[@kaibrunnenG]

Africa needs to fix their road infrastructures.

[@hailyrizzo5428]

they are. but the west keeps screaming 'debt trap'.

[@LordKarma101]

Life goes on....if one door closes, another opens!

[@SifisoMoabj]

The CIA bots are not gonna like this...

[@jeffmason2691]

Neither will the Europeans, they work together.

[@NoFrillz-G]

Forget about the CIA/NED not liking this, the editorial board of CNA is not going to like this too. This must have have slipped through the review process or just that the story was too big to ignore.

[@happymelon7129]

Ban raw mineral export. In Zimbabwe, which has large lithium deposits, the government has imposed a ban on exports of raw lithium ore, insisting that it be processed at home. A Chinese company has since built a large lithium processing plant in the country.

[@Null-h6c]

wow , african look more relaxed because its less noisy

[@youme1414]

Go China!

[@pumalee1997]

Africans is not idiots.

[@teejayman215]

They've probably stopped working by the time this video.was posted

[@dfdsfst12220]

Was the guys tuk tuk rolling away @ 1:56?😂😂

[@AceChina]

It's obviously scripted. Probably gave the driver 10 bucks to do that scene.

[@marcushennings9513]

Ok, so it wasn't just my eyes playing tricks.

[@Andrew-rc3vh]

Why would you paint a bus all black in a hot sunny country like that? Africans are a bit confused when it comes to basic physics.

[@kimduong2332]

The color is painted to the importers' order.

[@蝦記]

Isn't black color absorb heat while white color reflects heat ?

[@TAL142]

more China nitpicking? It looks like it is tinted windows not paint. If you know anything about supply chain in China, you can basically order anything you want if you are willing to pay. Besides it is up to the buyers to order whatever color they wanted. Paint is cheap.

[@nyalih929]

Welcome to Africa, China!

[@AfricanPrinse]

Yes thanks to your great grandparents for the confusion.

[@ianendangan7462]

The etuktuk they are promoting looks like the India's TVS King auto rickshaw.

[@gaarn2672]

What is superpower Vishvaguru India doing? I used to think all these electric vehicles are made in India

[@Trilok_world]

Just search top two and three wheeler vehicle market share companies in Africa. 🙄 your next 7 generations will be crying after that.

[@tren133]

Indian is basically unable to make 4 wheel electric passenger vehicles at any sort of scale. They do have, and make, many electric mopeds and 3 wheelers such as you see in the video, but not enough to supply India itself. China makes enough electric vehicles of all kinds, from mopeds to passenger cars, to buses and commercial vehicles, to supply not only its domestic market, but also for export.

[@lyimoej7198]

I'm a Tanzanian🇹🇿. What i hate about china is copying culture. For example that electric tuk tuk which looks exactly like the indian made TVS KING. Even the name is copied.

[@blackknight4996]

There is no copy...a three-wheeler looks like a 3-wheeler....what's your problem?

[@12villages]

That's awesome but EVs have high spare parts cost. Some cells in the battery packs keep failing and its hard to find matching replacement cells.

[@NisaB_Africa]

Exciting stuff!!!

[@fidelcatsro6948]

Singapore should go and invest to open electric car plant there in Tanzania

[@choonhockong8215]

Yes, vast opportunities there in African countries. The US and its allies market are on the decline 😂.

[@amirism91]

Does Singapore produce cars. Never heard of Singaporean car brand 😅😂

[@brightmorningstar1]

If Xiaomi can produce, creative also can. ​@@amirism91

[@thecomment9489]

@@amirism91 Nope there is hardly any manufacturing in Singapore. It has neither resources nor the land for setting up factories. It is mostly a financial services centre and that's one reason for it's prosperity. Other major sector is transit shipping hub.

[@pingumy]

Financial services make more money than manufacturing. Like C O E

[@hoongchen8103]

China is a great country

[@happymelon7129]

U$A already did it, taking apart a BYD. with conclusion it will cost 5X to build a BYD , if every parts build in U$A.

[@IndigenousEarthling101]

I hope more BEV factories are built and operated in Africa. African importers will need to perform thorough quality checks at the factories, warehouses, and shipping loading docks in China to ensure they receive high quality new products, and avoid low quality BEVs, older models, unsupported models (e.g., OEM no longer in business), or vehicles from BEV "graveyards". We want Africa to become even more beautiful, healthy, safe, wealthy, clean and sustainable with high quality reliable BEVs, hopefully eventually locally produced.

[@TheBigExclusive]

EVs require a very robust power grid and infrastructure. The more EVs on the road, the more load it puts on the grid.

[@ZweiZwolf]

EVs do just fine with local distributed power, especially with swappable batteries. In Africa, it's easy to import a container of solar panels and electric trikes and you get a self-contained village transportation system.

[@ChinaHotspots]

有需求就会又发展，电有需求就会发展电，发展电就会发展其他行业。

[@cprijesh]

They can't avoid TVS & Bajaj two wheeler Vehicles from india.

[@mwinyimwenyi]

China once owned the motorbike market in Africa but the bikes were crappy. India saw an opportunity and developed durable bikes suitable for Africa. They dominate the market. Bringing crappy EV three-wheelers with bad batteries will not cut it.

[@GlobalXReport]

Go Go China 🎉🎉🎉

[@deatherutts]

Good for you guy's looking for a better future

[@revivecoasttocoastmusicpro6975]

Let them come to Namibia we welcome them at this moment we're using Ebike as delivery 🙏🙏

[@clancywong]

👍👍👍Africa n Latin America is a huge market.

[@tmming-h6k]

We here in Malaysia n Asia 100% support Africa change to EV Why buy expensive euro n japan car n only half da price u can buy from China ❤❤

[@tedchandran]

Jai Hind. All Africans don't want to have Shared Poverty from West but now, even demand to have Shared Prosperity like us Indians. So Buy undercapacity Buy Made in India

[@browncony3897]

Stop promoting Chinese EVs, CNA. It had lots of battery issues, self immolation issues, brake issues ... especially BYD.

[@bumbengtey8464]

I guess you will be the last man standing who haven’t bought a BYD😅

[@jacintochua6885]

Removing pollution is the goal.

[@engineercctv4511]

Love you China by helping Africa ❤❤❤

[@AlialiBinladen]

And the westerners talking about green energy.Lets say they can’t loose 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@李珊-f2r]

We Africans we like Chinese very much

[@livingstonmech4250]

Africa future solar panel with EV ...if internally each state united...Africa will be future power of world

[@Juniordatascientist-k8d]

And the Chinese copied the Indian Bajaj autorickshaw design 😂

[@simpletechtipsstt4295]

India number 1

[@yinyang9109]

How is African government smarter than the US, win win.

[@lazarusramaube8291]

South Africa has fallen far behind most African countries, even Zimbabwe.We almost don't have any electric vehicles here because they threaten Filling Stations and jobs but who knows, maybe in fifteen years we will catch up with the world.

[@ngateminasmoredjo8351]

Africans are wise

[@browncony3897]

And CNA you are a sg broadcasting corporation. Not China broadcasting corporation.

[@yonghuachen7075]

Not every country or person can afford West's overpriced product.

[@salamshipchandler5861]

fact is very important to know most of the third world countries are under paid and cant afford expensive stuff

[@happymelon7129]

Ban raw mineral export. AUG 03, 2023 Indonesia defends its curbs on nickel ore exports amid EU claim of breach in international trade . Indonesia has stepped up its defence of its nickel ore export curbs the European Union has protested against, asserting its right to enhance value addition, boost its economy, and create job opportunities by climbing the value chain. Indonesia claims it is doing what is necessary to develop its electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem, while the EU claims the nation rich in natural resources has breached rules by restricting international trade. South-east Asia’s largest economy, which was the world’s top exporter of nickel ore, introduced the ban on Jan 1, 2020.

[@djibicisse]

@@happymelon7129 wow nice And Indonesia is increasing tarrifs in China too Well done Indonesia

[@liwkang]

😅China has been implementing policies to rapidly popularize electric vehicles since 2003. When I was a child, I lived in a rural area. In 2007, my family bought electric two wheelers and three wheelers. Which rural family in China does not have at least two small electric vehicles? It's too convenient to use.

[@TMM-N]

African need energy efficient vehicles Good for them taking the strides

[@angrengcapa9590]

Indian auto rickshaw is better than Chinese Evans.🤣😅

[@RRR-v4o]

That's why they are in india instead of africa

[@Trilok_world]

​@@RRR-v4o they are in all over the world bro from South East Asia to Africa to South America. Just search about BAJAJ, TVS and HERO.

[@Amoghavarsha.]

​@@RRR-v4oyou should have atleast checked market share of Indian companies like TVS and Bajaj in Africa 😂

[@eskay2012]

Smart move! Use environment friendly, cheaper car and manufacture locally. Shorter life span? Fix more charging stations. It is common sense right?

[@Kingofthehill84]

Copper mining are literally destroyed the environment so is the rest of mining for EV components 😅😂

[@NoFrillz-G]

@@Kingofthehill84sodium batteries will change this soon.

[@ZweiZwolf]

Shorter life span is unlikely - BYD's 1st gen E6 taxis were getting 750,000 km on their original battery packs!

[@nesieb6685]

Not environmentally better

[@ZweiZwolf]

@@nesieb6685 Broadly speaking, EVs are actually significantly better than their gasoline alternatives, to say nothing of diesel. A gasoline or diesel engine inherently creates a lot of tailpipe pollution via exhaust, along with waste heat and noise, and the overall energy efficiency is only around 30% (somewhat higher for diesel). This is especially apparent as a pedestrian in an urban environment, where you can literally feel the heat from large diesel bus radiators as they idle. EVs generate zero tailpipe emissions, and are far more energy efficient. They are as clean as the local electrical generation, which can be charged by solar for many residential owners. In places like China, the rapid transition to renewable and nuclear energy makes their power much cleaner. As for battery materials, the latest sodium batteries have far less mining that older lithium batteries. Regardless, batteries are only assembled once, whereas oil must be continuously produced and refined to produce gasoline. To date, those batteries are showing lifespans of 750,000+ km in BYD's 1st gen taxis, which is 2 to 3 times farther than a typical gasoline car is driven. If one is serious about the environment, transition to EVs produces obvious benefits.

[@alastairjhunter3666]

They’ll be sorry

[@davidlee9493]

Win-win cooperation in the Global South. Chinese EVs are good for the environment and cheaper to own and operate.

[@Null-h6c]

Most people do not know they want an ev. ! Cost of electricity is hard to compare vs petrol

[@ogumka1976]

There are companies in Africa doing electric cars it would be better to encourage them minimize capital flight

[@josephwallis8965]

The economic reality of China is Thailand's annual total new car sales is 1/ 10 of Germany, and Germany is 1/ 3 of America, that's why China has no choice but to try to find ways to sell EV in America and Europe. $ does not argue

[@adamiskandar5107]

That is short term thinking. When you think longer term, it all makes sense.

[@ZweiZwolf]

The global reality is that America and the EU are closed, shrinking, saturated car markets, whereas Africa and LatAm have open and growing car markets. China will do fine selling to everybody except America and the EU, although the EU needs to accept Chinese EVs, or China will simply ban EU-made gas cars and destroy the German auto manufacturing industry.

[@TheFlagUnit]

Countries that do not convert away from ICE vehicles should be fined. The money should be then given to the Global South.

[@nathanheu1616]

Add solar to those 3 wheelers and you'll have unlimited range.

[@richiexp2]

Local technical school should also be integrated into this EV revolution to train technicians...

[@cliffordnelson8454]

What it seems like so many people like these bigots ignore is that it is not so much subsidies, which also are not Chinese but provincial, there are made more attractive. For instance the electric scooters to have need a licence or insurance. And there are taxes on gas vehicles. And that is probably the biggest reason for going electric. Also there is not the distances driven as in places like the United States. You do not need as much range. There are nothing like the suburbs in China. If you look outside subway stations, there are so many scooters parked, so the subway system adds attractiveness of EVs. Also consider the China has to more aggressively handle the pollution problem than other countries because the cities are so massively populated. I also like that these people ignore that the vehicles we see are very basic vehicles, which you can not get from western sources. Often smaller than American golf carts, and probalby simplier. And can take a scooter battery out of the vehicle and carry inside to charge which makes them a lot more practicle to recharge.

[@drkimoni5011]

AFRICAN NEED TO BUILD IT THEMSELF !

[@jeffdymarczyk4413]

No Gas no oil ,Gas scooters life engine possible 9.000 Km.Cheap scooter 50 cc.Needs electric battery improvements!!

[@reighliNancy]

I buied a used scooter, spend 600 yuan, four years later,now,I still use it,yes,I need repair it everyyear,but it still cheap than bus or taxi.

[@kudzimusar]

This is an embarrassment

[@ivantan5690]

Governments who really care will prioritize improving their citizen's quality of life and well-being over playing politics

[@emotionalIntelligence2078]

Electricity is not available in Africa even at avg lvls. Real state & infra is there, but no significant investment for the public to generate electricity. All the infra is to operate minimal administration & commercial exports based.

[@colinagun9073]

Where to charge

[@hassanmars5250]

nice,better then western high profit cars，actually

[@jojo-ep2pp]

Africa is on the right track to change their lives. Chinese technology helps them develop faster than many countries even better than Anti-China Argentina. Cashless is one of them, 5G from Huawei.....etc

[@domingotres5243]

They have electricity in Africa? Big shortage in West Africa.

[@jankauffmann6899]

Why do they always mention this, Why don't they never mention this, why this not this, why, why, why 😅

[@jamaab655]

1 question way are the battery 🔋 bad 👎

[@manumusa]

This welcome development please come to west African country especially Nigeria