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Yes, Teslas are still popular in China. Never said they're not. In terms of foreign brands, I mostly only noticed BMWs, Teslas, and a few Audis. In rural areas,
by aurareturn 3y ago
Yes, Teslas are still popular in China. Never said they're not. In terms of foreign brands, I mostly only noticed BMWs, Teslas, and a few Audis. In rural areas, some Toyotas. That's about it. The rest are almost all Chinese EV/ICE.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoYou see Black Audis in cities with lots of government officials (so Beijing, rather than SZ). Every city is a bit different in their mix. BYD being headquartered in SZ means that it gets to dominate its taxi market (vs. Beijing, where most taxies are Beijing produced Hyundai).
- lancewiggs 3y agoShenzhen made all its busses electric in 2018, and transitioned its taxi fleet to EV by about 2019-2020, while mopeds were also largely moving over in to EV in early 2019. It's the future.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoSZ's local champion is BYD. It is clear that SZ has a lot of interest in BYD's success, and I bet those buses and I know that taxi fleet are all BYD. The same isn't true for other Chinese cities (who have their own local champions to support, seems like every tier 1 and tier 2 city in China makes cars: internal trade in China is weird). EVs are definitely the future. But SZ's adoption is a bit biased, I wouldn't read too much into it.