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Interestingly the majority of Tesla sales is also in China, US being second, EU being a distant third. Feels like at this point whoever takes the Chinese marke
by makeitdouble 3y ago
Interestingly the majority of Tesla sales is also in China, US being second, EU being a distant third.
Feels like at this point whoever takes the Chinese market gets the crown, and I suppose India will be next in this game.
- andy_ppp 3y agoIs Tesla's factory in china powered by coal like the car charging will be?
- parineum 3y agoGuess who's building nuclear power plants.
- andy_ppp 3y agoGuess who is also building more coal power plants!
- benj111 3y agoWould you like to show a calculation that shows a an ev 'powered by coal' is worse than petrol. How are you defining 'powered by coal', because China's energy mix isn't 100% coal either.
- andy_ppp 3y agoEven if the power stations were running on petrol it would be worse because of the inherently lossy nature of transferring power to the grid, across the grid, to the battery, from the battery, to motor(s) to the wheels. I'm not saying it's bad to move to electric vehicles just that it's not the wonderful win for global warming in China (or really anywhere else) right now and for the foreseeable future.
- pornel 3y agoInternal combustion engine uses only about 30-40% of the energy in gasoline, because it can't make use of the majority of the energy wasted as heat. Stationary power plants can use that heat. Electricity transfer, battery charging, and electric motors are all over 90% efficient, with overall "well to wheel" efficiency around 80%.
- panick21_ 3y agoIndia isn't a big market. At least not for decades. And hopefully never.
- cypress66 3y ago> And hopefully never. Why?
- tuatoru 3y agoPrivate motor vehicles are a very space-inefficient means of transport. India is pretty crowded.
- Balero 3y agoNot OP, but there are not enough resources for all of North America, Europe, China and India to live the lifestyle of the average US person. So I guess they are hopeful that India won't reach that level of consumption.
- panick21_ 3y agoVery wrong. I do hope they reach this level of consumption. But don't do it by relaying on cars as a primary means of transport. The car market should stay small even as the economy grows. This can be achieved by systematically ban cars from cities. By investing far more into trains then into highways. By having good public transit even to remote places. And by encouraging small vehicles when necessary.