while US and German automakers sitting in the corner with dick in their hand blaming their fails for their shiti EVs not selling…
Chinese developed a domestic market so good these corpo parasite now wants tariffs to block imports.
Between automakers, boeing and intel… like bro… some heads gonna need to roll, we lost out competitive advantages so some limp dick boomer “owners” can live their best lives.
China developed dominance in this market through extensive subsidies (direct and indirect) and barriers to foreign importers.
Many countries have done this in the past (United States included), so their complaints fall rather flat.
However, I’m curious how long this will last. Excess production, weak domestic demand and trade partners being unwilling to absorb trade deficits are not sustainable.
How much taxpayer money went to tesla?
How much state aid overall does germany and US provide to their mega corps…
unlike our parasites, chinese industry was able to deliver results.
there is a lesson in there, you are making execute for sorry losers…
How much taxpayer money went to tesla?
Oh boy, Tesla is receiving taxpayer money through so many channels.
First they got cheap federal loans to build the company, they got massive direct funding for building the charging grid.
EVERY single car sold receives a TAX credit. And finally other brands have to pay Tesla regulatory credits, because those are designed to favor and promote electric cars too.So Tesla is indeed a massively subsidized company.
China has more than direct subsidies to it’s manufacturing sector.
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It has a managed currency which transfers income from importers (generally households) to exporters.
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Low interest rates for heavy industries (to the point it was negative real interest for years) which is a transfer from households to the industrial sector.
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Weak labour laws which transfers income from workers to businesses.
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Etc.
The cumulative effect is a net transfer of income from the household sector to the export sector (this needs to be coupled with government policies which force these companies to invest in manufacturing capacity).
If you look at China’s household share of income, it is one of the lowest of any industrial economy and extremely low historically.
It’s household sector cannot consume what the country produces. It must export the surplus.
It relies on trade partners who are willing to run deficits without China importing an equivalent amount of their goods (since their household sector does not have the ability to consume an equivalent amount).
This particular approach is not unique to China. The Soviet Union, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Germany, United States (prior to the great depression), Brazil (during the 1960s), etc. have all followed this approach to industrial development.
It has been extremely successful but it is not sustainable. All the previous countries that used this model have run into issues that resulted in a crash (America with the great depression) or a long period of low growth (Japan) which rebalances the economy.
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barriers to foreign importers.
Funny then that China is now the biggest market for VW.
Germany follows the same model.
It isn’t unique to China.
Increase your savings rate (anything that isn’t consumed is saved by definition) by suppressing your household consumption through policies to “increase labour flexibility” (reduce the worker share of income)(1), have a relatively weak currency (this is a fundamental problem with the Euro where it is overvalued for countries like Greece and undervalued for countries like Germany), cut taxes on the rich (the rich tend to save far more), etc.
(1) If you look at a graph of German wages vs GDP growth, it decoupled after the “Hartz” reforms.
This results in weak domestic demand and trade surpluses that must be absorbed by other countries.
Many countries have done this in the past (United States included)
This is insane, USA has a 100% tariff on Chinese cars, nobody has higher barrier to entry than USA.
Germany has very low barrier, with EU only recently introducing a 15-35% import tax.Until then there was next to no barrier in EU.
If you look at a graph of German wages vs GDP growth,
Looks pretty decent to me. Only disrupted by the energy crisis and following inflation because Russia invaded Ukraine.
Obviously that was an outside event. I don’t see that supporting your claim at all.This results in weak domestic demand and trade surpluses that must be absorbed by other countries.
Oh please, Germany has stimulated trade of Electric cars tremendously for years, but is slowing down now, because the need for subsidies isn’t as big anymore. And when Germany did that, it was equal and nondiscriminatory for all, no matter which country the car was made, the sale of it was subsidized by government.
You are not even debating based on reality.
You have selectively chosen parts of my post and declared victory.
This is insane, USA has a 100% tariff on Chinese cars, nobody has higher barrier to entry than USA. Germany has very low barrier, with EU only recently introducing a 15-35% import tax.
It’s true, United States has a 100% tariff on electric cars. This is a relatively recent development.
China has capital controls (which btw, Western countries could do with), a controlled exchange rate, requirements for technology transfer, etc. for decades. This is a barrier to entry for foreign competition.
I don’t have a particular issue with this given many other countries have done exactly the same thing to industrialise quickly.
You deliberately excluded all my points about indirect transfers like a controlled exchange rate, weak labour laws, preferential lending to industrial enterprises, etc.
You only have to look at the household share of national income for China compared to other countries to see how low it is and the impact of these policies (which sits at 50.7%)
This entire article appears to be focusing on the impacts of COVID-19 and the impacts of the war in Ukraine.
In reality, Germany wages decoupled (like the United States) from GDP growth years ago.
German wage share of GDP plummeted from ~60% in 2001 to 50-52% in 2018.
Oh please, Germany has stimulated trade of Electric cars tremendously for years, but is slowing down now, because the need for subsidies isn’t as big anymore. And when Germany did that, it was equal and nondiscriminatory for all, no matter which country the car was made, the sale of it was subsidized by government.
This has no relevance to what I’m saying. Countries that run persistent trade surpluses do it by decreasing their household share of national income by direct and indirect transfers to their manufacturing industries. As a result, the household sector cannot consume what is being produced and the surplus must be exported.
While production in China has grown rapidly, it didn’t just start producing an extra 15 - 20 million cars for export. It’s own domestic demand couldn’t absorb that level of production.
You are not even debating based on reality.
You are not debating on what is even being argued.
America didn’t lose its leadership. America sold its leadership for the billionaire oligarch class.
Bullshit, German carmakers also have production in China with partial ownership of Chinese brands, and all Tesla sold in Europe are made in China.
It’s not where the car manufactured that’s important it’s where it’s designed.
Western car makers both in the US and Europe insist on making electric vehicles that are hugely high-end and out of the price range for most people. We need electric 5 seat hatchbacks.
The only moderately reasonable electric vehicle from a major Western manufacturer is the F-150 Lightning and that’s not even available in Europe because frankly it’s a stupid buy for Europeans.
This is absolutely about cars MADE in China.
hugely high-end and out of the price range for most people.
There are lots of cheaper options in Europe now, and more coming all the time.
The new thing is that they are getting better range, because batteries are getting cheaper.
There are lots of excellent option around 30K EUR/USD.And cars like the Renault 5 expected January are coming at just below 20,000.- EUR making it basically also 20k USD here in Denmark.
Currently there are a couple of options just below 22k EUR. But as stated more are coming.USA has chosen politically to have less competition by adding 100%¤ import tax to cars from China. So of course prices are higher in USA.
What’s your point here?
It should be pretty obvious. My point is that German and US automakers aren’t just “sitting in the corner”.
Also it’s ridiculous to call western EV’s shitty.
Maybe it’s an American sentiment? Because they have 100% tax on Chinese cars, making them generally completely unavailable in USA.
And possibly causing higher prices in USA.They got nothing to show and are on back foot… Crying for tariffs and state aid lol
You are misinformed, the European car industry especially VW which is by far the biggest was against EU tariffs, because their biggest market is China. But EU introduced the tariffs anyway with Germany voting against.
IDK about USA carmakers. but USA has a freaking 100% import tax on cars from China!!! USA is nuts.
I wish we in the US could get in on that. I want an electric pickup but I don’t have $110k to spend on one.
I even considered getting an F-150 lightning at their original stated MSRP of $35k, but that never materialized. I’m not even into trucks, but that was a good price.
The salesman at our local Ford dealership was bragging about how his dealership puts a $50k markup on all new Lightnings that hit their lot.
I left and never plan on going back to that one ever again.
Ford supposedly doesn’t like dealerships doing that but I’ve heard of tons of similar stories all over the US.
It’s really crappy we can’t just get a vehicle at a decent price without all the unnecessary bullshit.