> I stated that on average most cars in the world sold globally will still be ICE-powered for a long time to come due to electricity constraints China isn't pu

> I stated that on average most cars in the world sold globally will still be ICE-powered for a long time to come due to electricity constraints China isn't pushing for EVs because they care about the planet or whatnot, but because it's much easier for them to increase electricity production than import more oil. In 2022 they added around 87GW worth of solar panels, the annual electricity production of which would be enough to charge 36mln EVs. And that's just solar, which may or may not be utilized fully. The additions in coal alone are enough to power a 100% EV fleet of new cars. > China controls large parts of manufacturing globally regardless of sector, that's true for advanced electronics That wasn't the case for solar panels as recently as in 2003, when it was Germany and Japan that combined controlled most of the market - both in sales and production capacity: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Largest_Producers_of_Solar_Cells_by_Country-Market_Share.svg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Largest_Producers_of_So... Cars will follow the same trajectory unless western manufacturers get their heads out of their asses and do something. So far only Tesla seems to be.