Summary
China, dominating 50% of the global EV market, is leveraging its rapid electric vehicle (EV) export expansion to reshape global geopolitics.
With Chinese EV brands like BYD spreading worldwide, this transition parallels how U.S. oil dominance defined the 20th century.
As EVs reduce reliance on oil, the U.S.’s geopolitical influence tied to oil diminishes, while China’s role grows.
Widespread adoption of Chinese EVs could shift global alliances, granting China greater economic and political sway as energy independence weakens traditional oil-powered systems of control.
I’ll be buying a Chinese car even if they aren’t cheaper. I’m sick and tired of western car companies and their games. They fought tooth and nail to try to stall the green transition and keep oil going for as long as they could.
I’m thoroughly disgusted by them. We could have had electric cars years ago, instead they buried it and then, when that didnt work, they tried to make it a luxury item.