Australia’s car manufacturing industry is basically non-existent, they import almost all of them. The EU and US have huge manufacturing bases they’re trying to protect
More accurately: American car manufacturers killed our local production.
Really? I don’t know a ton about this, but it looks like American and Japanese manufacturers are the only ones to have ever operated in Australia
We had Australian made and designed cars, then gm bought out Holden and ran it into the ground before shuttering the brand entirely.
I’m not super into cars, but it’s my understanding Holden was a local manufacturer that got bought out by GM? Or if not that, then they were making specifically Australian vehicles despite being part of GM, much like Ford Australia used to. Both ended up shutting down operations down here, so now we have nothing local.
Adelaide killed big chunks of their public transport system to appease Holden, who fucked off anyway. Still salty.
If EU manufacturers didn’t charge 35k for a car that barely fits 3 people, we wouldn’t need to turn to these chinese cars.
I don’t blame them. I used to look down on them until my mother bought a Chinese car and I was impressed by how good it is, not just for the price but full stop.
American imperialism will never allow working, quality Chinese cars. You will buy Tesla and YOU WILL like it!
Chinese manufacturing won’t allow quality Chinese cars…
At least they won’t have them in the export line.
Why won’t they?
If China gave them away for free, the Sinophobes would probably still complain.
I imagine there’s a few things above sinophobia for the average car buyer. Just a few.
Removed by mod
did they install it via an electric car?
Probably did it via posting on twitter like how the Russians hacked the US election.
Gee, shouldn’t we get rid of that software?
Idk the US does that pretty well all on their own
Would be better if they bought Chinese trains
Is this the free market?
If you’re wealthy.
Well, I feel misled. The graphic shows a Volvo as a Chinese manufactured vehicle.
Sales of Chinese made EVs in Australia
- Tesla - 46,116
- BYD - 12,438
- MG - 5,928
- Volvo - 3,949
They’re counting Tesla as a Chinese EV.
Where were they manufactured?
In China. But the majority of Teslas are manufactured are in China, and no one really considers Teslas “Chinese cars” or “Chinese EVs”.
So manufactured in China like the article says.
Doesn’t stop it from being misleading.
It’s called “burying the lede”.
Still, the BYD figure is nothing to be scoffed at.
Can I buy a, cough, Australian electric car?
I love that the cover image for this article about buying Chinese EVs is a car from a Swedish manufacturer (Polestar, owned by Volvo). Western media really knows jack shit about the Chinese EV market.
Volvo is Chinese
