On: Western carmakers' retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance

[twoodfin]

Per that link, the BYD Dolphin is €30,000 and the VW ID.3 is €36,000. That’s a 20% premium.

For that, you get more range, faster charging, and better highway driving, even aside from the brand premium.

That doesn’t seem like a slam dunk to me, especially since the Chinese EV market is at the peak of deliberate over-production:

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2025/11/china-elec...

[maxglute → twoodfin]

EU tariffs, without tariffs PRC car would be 50%-60% cost of VW/EU manufacturers. PRC exports like 20% of car production, other major auto manufacturers export over 50%, it's far from peak.