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EVs don’t need renewables. What makes them attractive despite the bad marketing in the West is that they can be powered by anything that can create electricity,
by chaostheory 2mo ago
EVs don’t need renewables. What makes them attractive despite the bad marketing in the West is that they can be powered by anything that can create electricity, like coal; which is something China has a lot of
The transition to EVs is key to the national security of many countries that currently do not have energy security like China and even most if not all member countries in the EU.
- nradov 2mo agoChina doesn't have a lot of coal, at least not relevant to their energy requirements. They still have to import a huge amount and remain vulnerable from an energy security perspective. https://www.iea.org/countries/china/coal https://www.iea.org/countries/china/coal
- FpUser 2mo ago>"remain vulnerable from an energy security perspective" - not while having Russia close by.
- nradov 2mo agoRussia is a big place with limited internal transportation. Land routes from Russia can only supply a fraction of China's fossil fuel import requirements. Much of it still has to come via vulnerable merchant ships. China still lacks the capability to protect their sea lines of communication, although that might change in a few years.
- Sabinus 2mo agoThe other thing to keep in mind is the Chinese, quite reasonably, don't have a lot of faith that the Russian government they make deals with and invest in now will be the same one honouring those deals and investments next decade. Russia has a lot of risk, a lot of problems and not a lot of cash.