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It's a seasonal drop, here's a story from early 2023 talking about the same phenomenon. "Seasonal drop in Chinese auto sales in Jan won’t drag growth on recove
by ZeroGravitas 2y ago
It's a seasonal drop, here's a story from early 2023 talking about the same phenomenon.
"Seasonal drop in Chinese auto sales in Jan won’t drag growth on recovery in 2023”
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202302/1285181.shtml https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202302/1285181.shtml
Does the BBC writer know this and intentionally misrepresent it? Hard to say.
- thebruce87m 2y agoI suspect they know they are lying, but anti-EV articles get clicks. Look at this article from the Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/1f18cf1f-8b28-446a-81d2-86555f52a6e8 https://www.ft.com/content/1f18cf1f-8b28-446a-81d2-86555f52a... Headline is: > Tesla and BYD sales fall as concerns mount over electric shift From the body: > …from BYD as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles, after the Chinese company posted a 42 per cent fall in quarterly EV shipments to 300,114. But they are talking about a drop from a record Q4 (normally the highest quarter) to a record Q1 (normally the lowest). Not apples to apples. Q1 this year is better than last year - sales are up. The graph even shows it. Image of graph: https://ibb.co/qdDwP3V https://ibb.co/qdDwP3V Just straight up lies.