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How China made electric vehicles mainstream
How China made electric vehicles mainstream
...In tracing the origins of China's EV dominance, analysts often credit Wan Gang - a German-trained engineer who became China's minister of trade and science in 2007. "He looked around and said, 'Good news: we are now the largest car market in the world. Bad news: on the streets of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou all I see is foreign brands'," says Mr Dunne.
At the time, Chinese brands simply couldn't compete with the European, American and Japanese car makers for quality and prestige. These companies had an unassailable head start when it came to producing petrol or diesel-powered cars. But China did have ample resources, a skilled labour force and an ecosystem of suppliers in the motor industry. So Mr Wan decided to "change the game and flip the script by moving to electrics", according to Mr Dunn...
...Ningde-based CATL - which supplies firms such as Tesla, Volkswagen and Ford - was founded in 2011 and now produces a third of all the batteries used for EVs worldwide. This combination of long-term planning and government funding also allowed China to dominate critical supply chains in battery production. It has helped build the world's largest public charging network with stations concentrated in big cities, which put drivers just minutes away from the nearest charger...
How China made electric vehicles mainstream
How China made electric vehicles mainstream
...In tracing the origins of China's EV dominance, analysts often credit Wan Gang - a German-trained engineer who became China's minister of trade and science in 2007. "He looked around and said, 'Good news: we are now the largest car market in the world. Bad news: on the streets of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou all I see is foreign brands'," says Mr Dunne.
At the time, Chinese brands simply couldn't compete with the European, American and Japanese car makers for quality and prestige. These companies had an unassailable head start when it came to producing petrol or diesel-powered cars. But China did have ample resources, a skilled labour force and an ecosystem of suppliers in the motor industry. So Mr Wan decided to "change the game and flip the script by moving to electrics", according to Mr Dunn...
...Ningde-based CATL - which supplies firms such as Tesla, Volkswagen and Ford - was founded in 2011 and now produces a third of all the batteries used for EVs worldwide. This combination of long-term planning and government funding also allowed China to dominate critical supply chains in battery production. It has helped build the world's largest public charging network with stations concentrated in big cities, which put drivers just minutes away from the nearest charger...