Thanks so much for your thorough review of the outlook for climate progress despite US's world historical act of self-sabotage. I would be interested in learning more about state level pro-abundance measures to keep clean energy development on track despite potential losses of federal funding and our descent into a banana republic protecting inferior national products. (I loved your alternative reality version reaction to Sputnik. Seems like a Russian thing, indeed.)
I regularly write easily-takeable citizen actions to try to advance federal, state, and local policies promoting clean energy abundance (and other good stuff!) at https://climateactapp.substack.com/ !
I drove a BYD Seal hybrid for 1800 miles as a rental vehicle in the UK. It’s a great car, and made my Subaru feel lacking (they are reliable, but have dragged their feet in the hybrid and EV arena.) It felt comparable to a Mercedes GL450 rental I had last year.
Bringing a BYD car into the US permanently is effectively banned, although there are some complex and expensive loopholes - here's an in-depth article from Wired https://archive.is/uKrxX
All this was foreseen 30 years ago and The US reaction was to off shore manufacturing and go into service industries ( including software/Tech and Knowledge Management). This lack of Maintaining infrastructure and ‘Centres of excellence’ in Manufacturing plus a heavy dose of Complacency has led to overpriced EV with suspect build driving on deteriorating roads and lack of real recharging infrastructure Whilst the rest of the world learning from Mobile phone assembly and and looks transferred the same to Manufacturing goods. Factories, mostly Robotic, now have long gestation periods even with high investment and a sympathetic government, not exactly the USs forte!
“At May 2025 exchange rates, that cost equates between $20,000 and $21,000 U.S. dollars.”
It costs $2k to ship a car from China so that means the China domestic EV production subsidy is running at $10k or more than the full sticker price. At least now we’re all learning the $10k EV is just CCP propaganda.
This is well worth reading. American Exceptionalism has been and is our downfall in so many ways.
Thanks so much for your thorough review of the outlook for climate progress despite US's world historical act of self-sabotage. I would be interested in learning more about state level pro-abundance measures to keep clean energy development on track despite potential losses of federal funding and our descent into a banana republic protecting inferior national products. (I loved your alternative reality version reaction to Sputnik. Seems like a Russian thing, indeed.)
I regularly write easily-takeable citizen actions to try to advance federal, state, and local policies promoting clean energy abundance (and other good stuff!) at https://climateactapp.substack.com/ !
I drove a BYD Seal hybrid for 1800 miles as a rental vehicle in the UK. It’s a great car, and made my Subaru feel lacking (they are reliable, but have dragged their feet in the hybrid and EV arena.) It felt comparable to a Mercedes GL450 rental I had last year.
Awesome!
Thanks for the info, Sam. Nice share.
So did you buy one and drive it home? Could you do so?
No, I didn't buy one - but if I lived in Mexico City, I absolutely could have bought one and driven it home.
Do you pay the tariff if you bought one and drive it home to the USA? Would you pay the Mexican or Chinese tariff, or both?
Bringing a BYD car into the US permanently is effectively banned, although there are some complex and expensive loopholes - here's an in-depth article from Wired https://archive.is/uKrxX
I suspected as much, and I thank you for your response.
All this was foreseen 30 years ago and The US reaction was to off shore manufacturing and go into service industries ( including software/Tech and Knowledge Management). This lack of Maintaining infrastructure and ‘Centres of excellence’ in Manufacturing plus a heavy dose of Complacency has led to overpriced EV with suspect build driving on deteriorating roads and lack of real recharging infrastructure Whilst the rest of the world learning from Mobile phone assembly and and looks transferred the same to Manufacturing goods. Factories, mostly Robotic, now have long gestation periods even with high investment and a sympathetic government, not exactly the USs forte!
“At May 2025 exchange rates, that cost equates between $20,000 and $21,000 U.S. dollars.”
It costs $2k to ship a car from China so that means the China domestic EV production subsidy is running at $10k or more than the full sticker price. At least now we’re all learning the $10k EV is just CCP propaganda.