cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/55112131

Namely, BYD, which owns over 40% of the overall local market. That’s not 40% of the local EV market, but 40% of the OVERALL market.

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    2 days ago

    Sad, that its mainly chinese cars, but given how cheap they are, is understandable.

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      2 days ago

      It’s kind of funny IMO, because the tax on Chinese cars is not that high, AFAIK it’s generally around 13%, but lower if the company cooperate with the EU investigation.
      Here in Denmark, also IMO of course, Chinese cars don’t seem that attractive over European or Korean cars.
      All reviews I see, seems to have complaints about the quality of the Chinese cars. Not build quality, but how they drive and bugs in assist systems. Yes you get a car that looks as good and with more features, but western cars still beat them on quality in similar price ranges.
      But maybe Chinese cars could be sold cheaper here if they wanted to, and they are just maximizing profits?
      But personally I’m not impressed with the price of Chinese cars in Europe, even when subtracting 13%.