I can’t believe we can’t get those EVs here in America. It’s just a shame that politics is screwing us up.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Totally agree. They are screwing the American people in order to help the big three automakers. This will for sure increase inflation as more higher priced EVs made in America will be available besides Tesla who will be able to produce lower priced EVs at a profit. It will also slow down the US’s transition to EVs which sucks. Competition would push US automakers to make better products. All this is going to do is make sure that they survive and produce far lower quality EVs very slowly. China will walk away with the vast majority of the global market.

@cwd5736

Ай бұрын

Lots of Americans move to China for a better lives, cos USA businessmans are selling low quality products for a high price. They only care about their profits and shares, not customers sadly

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

@@cwd5736 I don't know if it's lots lol. If it is lots I haven't seen them. There are Americans here, but there are very few overall.

@GaminGiga

Ай бұрын

​@@xiaoandmattyeah but the thing is if US doesn't protect its own car industry, it will be a disaster for US and many many Americans will lost their jobs.

@robertbidochon7949

Ай бұрын

@jkdm27 don't worry! it's the exact same thing here in France: 33k€ for a tiny little R5 with just 250kms of range ! Our politics don't want cheap and well made ev cars here neither !

China is now producer of best car in the world.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Which is your favorite?

China is serious (and capable) about their carbon peak and carbon neutral target - all the solar, wind, hydro, nuclear power station annual installation and EV cars sales is more than 50% of the total annual car sales (24+ millions) - 1st time overtake ICE cars.

Oh that is interesting that they can distinguish between BEV and PHEV based on the license plate. Man China is so ahead of the rest of the world. Amazing how the tables have turned…

@GS-lf4rk

Ай бұрын

I think it’s more about the shape of front grill. If it’s hollow with green plate. PHEV. If it’s not, EV.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

The EV market here is years and years ahead.

@user-hb9jq7wb7l

Ай бұрын

你说的有道理​@@GS-lf4rk

2:31 it's an EV Avatr 12 my favorite ❤

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Very nice looking car.

@slaw2224

Ай бұрын

It sure looks cool

@williamxk5108

Ай бұрын

​@@xiaoandmatt HUAWEI tech inside

@randomf4ke

29 күн бұрын

it looks like its right off the assembly line, so new.

If you have tested Chinese EVs you will know why they are not 'cheap' but affordable and good value - there are expensive one with luxury and with cheap ones you get better range and feature comparing to the same price EVs from Germany, Japan, Korea, America.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

I agree. Chinese EVs are very good cars.

The Tesla model S with the blue license plate was registered before the use of green license plates in China and cost more than $120K at the time.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Interesting. Thanks!

@dionydonny

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt In some cities that require a lottery to get a license plate, such as Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, if you get a regular license plate from the lottery, you can also choose to attach it to an EV. That was the case in the past, and I'm not sure if it's changed now: all of China's policies are adapted and changed according to the actual situation.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

@@dionydonny It is was more complicated than I realized. Thanks for the comment!

@yanbolyb

16 күн бұрын

yeah old money

@yanbolyb

16 күн бұрын

@@dionydonny and when you sell you current BEV/PHEV and buy next car, it still can be ICE, only when your original plate is ICE type.

04:33 Didn't see that one coming. Dude speaks really good Chinese

You did a commendable job recognizing and naming the models man! It’s not easy with the dozens of models from dozens of China makes and brands. Most of them make the Tesla look pedestrian

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Thanks man! Yeah I am getting better. Haha

@3d4fun96

Ай бұрын

Feel the same way you do.

@zhangzhenyu1127

Ай бұрын

但是到目前为止特斯拉model Y依然是中国市场销量最好的新能源车。

@juliozandamela

28 күн бұрын

​@@zhangzhenyu1127não, a BYD é que teve mais vendas. Eu em particular prefiro os carros da BYD, são mais bonitos, têm melhor acabamento e, claro, mais baratos. Nos grupos do Facebook que eu estou todos também preferem carros da BYD

CHERY are expanding big time in Latin America.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

How were their sales there last quarter?

@honesty_-no9he

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt Like BYD they are in the process of building new factories in the Americas so the deluge is yet to come.

@cogniktive1147

Ай бұрын

I saw a few Chinese makes in South America (south Brazil, Uruguay etc region) including Chery in late 2021. Not very many actual cars on the roads but it looked like they were a relatively new presence in the market. They had fairly new looking dealerships, and I actually came across a few of their distribution lots near the port in Montevideo. Pretty damn cool. They must be kicking ass now

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

@@cogniktive1147 This is what the world needs to really transition to EVs.

@amandagrant4331

Ай бұрын

In 2023, Chery sold 31,479 vehicles in Brazil and BYD sold 17,938 vehicles in Brazil. In April 2024, Chery sold 6,458 vehicles in Brazil; BYD sold 6,965 vehicles in Brazil. Chery sells not only EV but also ICE in Brazil. BYD sells EV and PHEV in Brazil.

Enjoyed your second video! That sleek black one at the beginning you didn't recognize as well as the nearly as sleek green and white car you saw later are all Changan products. Changan has developed different brands just for their EVs. Lowest tier is the Lumin, which are all those little Lumin Corns you saw. The middle mainstream tier is called Deepal, which is the green/white ones you saw, the Deepal SL03. Now there is a crossover version too, the Deepal S7. The SL03 is not only got a good price, but it is also very practical because it is a true liftback, unlike all these sedans such as Model 3, Aion S, Xpeng P7 etc, which are not as practical. And finally the sleek black one is from Changan's premium brand, Avatr. You may have noticed that one of Changan's strength is styling, and that the Lumin, the Deepal, and especially the Avatr, are all very good looking. But the Avatr brand goes beyond that and is sort of like the best of all worlds, because it is a 3 way joint venture between Changan, CATL, and Huawei. So Changan provides the styling and car building expertise, CATL, the leading battery maker on the planet, provides the battery of course, and Huawei provides their world class infotainment stack and autonomous driving tech. The Avatrs are not cheap, but they are very nice cars. Changan also illustrates the inversion of the relationship between Chinese domestic carmakers and foreign carmakers. Once upon a time, every major international car maker came to China to exploit its untapped market, and in return the Chinese government made them form joint ventures with various domestic carmakers, so that over time the domestic carmakers can learn how to build competitive cars. So everyone got paired off, GM with SAIC, Toyota with GAC, VW with SAIC and FAW, etc. Changan was paired with Ford and later Mazda, and for many years Ford and Mazda designed the cars they wanted to sell in China, and it was Changan's job to manufacture those foreign designed cars. Now in the 2020s, Changan's own branded cars are very nice looking, as you might have noticed, and Changan has pivoted to EVs far faster than its JV partners. Avatr and Deepal are far more competitive than Ford's EV offerings in China, and Mazda is so behind that its new EV, the just revealed EZ-6, is just a Deepal SL03 (the ones you saw on the street) with some minor styling tweaks and a Mazda badge on the front. In 20 years Changan went from assembling Mazdas designed in Japan to now Mazda having to come in and badge engineer a Changan product to sell under their own brand because Mazda's own EV tech is woefully behind. Mazda might be forced out of the Chinese market altogether soon, but Changan has set itself up to succeed for the future electrified car market.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Awesome comment! Again thanks for all the information! I will try and remember what those cars were so I can identify them in future videos!

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Where do you live?

@tren133

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt I live in the US, but because I know Chinese, I started checking out all the Chinese language content on Chinese market cars over the past few years, and I had no idea Chinese carmakers have made so much progress recently, especially on EVs. Kind of makes sense why the US is throwing up that giant 100% tariff against Chinese vehicles. "Overcapacity" is their reason, but the Chinese carmakers have been capable of overcapacity for like 15 years, so why is the US only now panicking? All the overcapacity in the world is meaningless if Chinese cars are not competitive against western carmakers. But now that they ARE competitive, the overcapacity gives them economies of scale which the west cannot match. Will be interesting to see the developments in the Chinese market in the coming years. Probably they will start consolidation around maybe 10 major carmakers such as BYD, Geely, SAIC, Changan, GAC etc, who will then each have even more resources at their disposal. If the US is worried about China Auto Inc now, they are going to be in even deeper trouble with post-consolidation China Auto.

@chengjiang5574

Ай бұрын

@@tren133 Hello, you have a very clear understanding of China's new energy vehicle market, at least the most comprehensive I've seen on KZread so far. The consolidation of automakers you mentioned will start soon, but you forgot a very competitive brand "HIMA", an automotive alliance set up by Huawei, this alliance is now very dominant in China's premium automotive market. The AITO M9 is already the highest-selling car in the Chinese market among luxury brands above 500,000 yuan.

One of the cheapest EV in China is the Wuling series starting like $5000 US dollars, it is affordable for many citizens, everyone has a chance to own a car instead of only taking bikes.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Yeah they are crazy cheap and tiny.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

@evisonliao8802 yeah they work well for city driving and for the price you can’t beat it.

@yanbolyb

16 күн бұрын

not the traditional bikes. electric scooters are quite cheap and convenient. now China is booming in racing road bicycle market, as well as the associated bike part industry.

the black amazing ev car is the Changan Huawei avatr 12. it looks great at the front

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Yeah that is a very cool looking car!

@smash_27

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt u should check out this car at showroom. it's more than a car. a gadget car

Yangzhou is a third category city even inside Jiangsu province first is Nanjing the capital then comes Suzhou, Wuxi type cities then even Zhenjiang right on the otherside of yangtze river is one step ahead of Yangzhou with HSR & all but still it has many EVs & that's mind boggling. All these roads makes me so nostalgic as someone graduated from YZU

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Yeah Yangzhou is for sure behind in EV numbers compared to Nanjing. We actually live in Nanjing and will be moving back there soon so I will make more videos there. I would say Nanjing had EV numbers like what we are seeing in Yangzhou now back in 2022.

Very interesting! I like this video, to dive in everyday life on China's streets to study the diversity of the chinese EVs, very impressive.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I am happy so many people find these videos interesting!

car spotting videos of every day cars are the best automotive vids on YT to see the real evolution in the car industry :) thank you Matt

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment Robert! I didn’t realize that these videos would get so many views. If I knew that people enjoyed them so much I would have started making them back in 2020.

Cool

EV cars have green number plates, while gas combustion engine cars have blue number plates

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@xiaoyang9758

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt green plates with first word F mean that car is plug-in hybrids with over 50km pure EV range , pure EV first word can be D or A , hybrids that can't charge and pure ev rang under 50km got blue plates .

@robertbidochon7949

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoyang9758 why is the model S have blue plates?

@BTSX7274

Ай бұрын

@@robertbidochon7949 It was the old Model S, and at that time there was no green plate

@3d4fun96

Ай бұрын

Very easy to recognize.

@2:29 the car is an Avatr 12

@cogniktive1147

Ай бұрын

Very nice looking ride

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I’ll try and remember that!

@aghs2169

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt No back window, no mirrors, fully digital rear/side cameras

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

@@aghs2169 High-tech!

@raygan777able

Ай бұрын

From Huawei?

Thanks for sharing.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Elon Musk said he didn’t ask for Chinese EV bans in the US. He may have a point, since Chinese EVs did not destroy Tesla in China. Then how could Chinese EVs destroy Tesla in America?

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

No one is worried that the Chinese companies will destroy Tesla in America. They are worried the Chinese companies will destroy the big three auto companies in America. To be fair the US government would probably block Tesla if it wasn’t an American company because Tesla is a real threat to the other US car companies as well. Tesla alone cannot produce the volume of cars needed to crush all the US car companies, but with the Chinese companies, there would be enough cars to crush them.

@directxxxx71

Ай бұрын

The legacy auto makers

@AzYet0416

Ай бұрын

Yes, but tesla is losing market share and the premium brand image in China recent 2-3 years, tesla need publish more car models with more innovations. Anyway competition is a good thing for China, tesla and consumer.

@EduruChan

28 күн бұрын

@@AzYet0416eIon is Iying…

That's cool

OMG Your Mandarin is amezing

another great video! 👍 So many EV's! The EV's in this video I definitely see more often in Nanjing than the smaller EV's in your last video. You spotted my car this time too, the Ora Good Cat!

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Thanks Adam! Yeah not many of those 老头乐 cars in Yangzhou proper!

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Yeah I like your car! Very cool looking vehicle!

@middlekingdomproductions

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmattyeah it’s been a good car to drive. There are newer models now which look better and are faster for a similar price.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

@@middlekingdomproductions Innovation is happening quickly with these EVs.

@middlekingdomproductions

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt yeah it’s cool to see and at these price points even the poorest people who can afford cars will be buying an EV when the time comes to replace their car.

@12.39, that cool ev across the road is call a BUS 😁 ps, i just found your chanel, i love this type of video so ive subscribed.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Haha good call. I didn’t even notice that! Glad to have you subscribed. More videos like this are coming!

For the Model S , perhaps the owner already paid for a license plate ? He/ She can transfer the plate to Tesla EV . In Shanghai an ICE license plate can cost a lot of money , and it is good for life .

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Yeah possibly. Your guess is as good as mine.

thanks for another great video , very interseting !!!

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

There are sooo many EVs in China! In Melbourne, we've only got BYD, Tesla, Volvo, polestar, MG, and kia

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Yeah it’s a different world in China for sure.

@emericksit8681

Ай бұрын

It is because many Chinese EV Co. have not yet make the right hand drive models.

@LW78321

Ай бұрын

@@emericksit8681 that's a good point

@jaoolai5299

Ай бұрын

EV market competition is insane there, i would say only 5-6 Chinese EV Brand could make it to the end in this kind of competitive environment!!

@user-gc5cy5js5z

29 күн бұрын

There are 4 Chinese brands and 5 Chinese made brands inside😂

there are quite a number of NIO ET5 there, that's for sure one of the best looking cars

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

@@honesty_-no9heWhich ones did I misidentify as the ET5?

@LYW-su3ol

Ай бұрын

​@@honesty_-no9he there are at least 5 in this video

@honesty_-no9he

Ай бұрын

@@LYW-su3ol Yes. It was a nothing comment. Deleted.

@honesty_-no9he

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt Th problem with watching cars on a main road is they fly by too fast.

@elainelee2491

Ай бұрын

Hoping NIO comes to the US.

7:47 Asiastar ("亚星") buses are homegrown in the city of Yangzhou. One of China's oldest and most prolific bus makers, it was outcompeted by rivals like Yutong and Golden Dragon and went into steady decline in the 2000s. These days they're still built locally, but are really owned by Weichai Power, a leading manufacturer of engines and machineries, which is controlled by the northern province of Shandong. Note that even as a skeleton of its former self, Asiastar was able to develop a few BEV buses to be ran by Yangzhou municipal services. Quite a feat if you think about it.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Wow! Awesome information! Thank you so much!

I'm fully supportive of the 100% tariff on Chinese EVS. Otherwise who would buy the garbage our auto makers spit out?

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Haha. That is a good point.

@serriajohn

Ай бұрын

"Putting a shark in a pond, all fish will swim faster " Date back to 1980s, US invited Toyota to build factory inside USA, this was to introduce techno competition inside USA and push American 3 automakers to catch up , meanwhile American jobs are guaranteed. China invited Tesla to build factory in Shanghai a few years ago, this is to push all Chinese EV makers to catch up Tesla technology and try to survive the market. California should introduce BYD to build factories, therefore, Tesla and others can compete and customers will benefit.

@yaoypl

Ай бұрын

Yep, protectionism protects losers.

@EduruChan

28 күн бұрын

@@serriajohn america is controIIed by zl0nlst

Good show, Matt

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Love your video ❤ frm Malaysia

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Thank you for the comment and happy you enjoyed this video!

You saw a lot of ev cars congratulations. Interesting video.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

廣西省柳州市，差不多有5成的電動車。看過去整條街幾乎都是可愛的電動車。歡迎你去柳州市。😊

@xiaoandmatt

29 күн бұрын

好的👌！

Matt, you speak good Chinese. Yangzhou is an amazing city, I've been there for 4-5 times since last year. Good people and views in Yangzhou. Normally I drive my Li auto L9 to there, I plan to go there soon, I'm glad if we can meet in Yangzhou and you can make a video to show the inside of Chinese EV.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Hey! Thanks for the comment! That would be awesome. I’m not sure we will be here then though because we are going to the USA to see my family at some point in June.

@WellMax-M

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt I will send message to you one day before I go there. If you have time, that will be great.

This is the world of electric car s

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

It’s like living in the future!

Zeekr one looks cool

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Yeah they are very cool!

7:34 Love the Zeekr, hopefully they will bring it here to Australia with their Volvo network. Would seriously consider it when it gets here.

@xiaoandmatt

28 күн бұрын

Yeah it is a nice car.

6:45 BAIC Arcfox Alpha-T, Fisker Ocean's Chinese brother, as it's Magna Blue Sky, the joint venture between BAIC and Magna, that Fisker signed a technology sharing agreement with. Unlike Fisker, BAIC had no trouble mass producing them (in Zhenjiang, the city right next to Yangzhou cross the Yangtze), just that they don't appear as compelling among the Chinese competitors as the Ocean does in the US. The only way out for Fisker, if there ever was one, was to make the Ocean in China (more like rebadging the Arcfox). Yet even that isn't feasible in the current climate.

By the end of 2023, the number of new energy vehicles in China has reached 20 million, with 7.5 million new registrations throughout the year; the number of motor vehicles nationwide has reached 435 million, including 336 million cars; EVs have huge market inside China, because electricity cost is only 10% of oil , and 336 million oil cars are to be replaced by EVs within next 20 years. Meanwhile, more solar farms or nuclear power stations or gas powerstations are needed to meet the demand of electricity consumption.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Awesome information! Thanks!

@mujur9101

Ай бұрын

One impress me is when China set a goal. They WILL achieve it. 👍👍👍

12:40 Deepal SL03 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepal_SL03

China is 5 or 10 years ahead of the Japanese, Korean and Germans in EVs. We all know they will all have to 'consolidate' (by country) to have any chance of survival. Brilliant video.

@xiaoandmatt

22 күн бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

you should go to Liuzhou, Guangxi. The city of 4 million is the effective capital of the biggest EV market in the world. 🎉

@amandagrant4331

Ай бұрын

Liuzhou has the factory of Wuling

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Good idea! Thanks!

@serriajohn

Ай бұрын

The headquater of Wulin Mini, Liuzhou streets are flooded with these mini EVs.

fair to say they're kicking butt in ev numbers

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

They have been for a while. I live in Nanjing and probably 2 years ago I was seeing numbers like this there. When we head back to Nanjing I will make more videos and see what it’s like there now.

That black car without plate is IM i think. I like the design.

15:46 white car is "dongfeng"

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Okay thanks! I will try and remember!

it's very hard to keep up with all the brands in China!

@2:31 avatr 12 @6:18 neta U @11:25 chery eQ1 small ant @12:46 i think its another neta ...im a bit surprised there were no xpeng G9 or X9 ..

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I will write these down so I know! Yeah I know I didn’t see any in this video. I saw a few G9s in the last video I think.

Didn’t expect to see alot of nio’s! ..i guess theyre not going bankcrupt anytime soon! Anyways I enjoy watching your video!

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Yeah, there were a lot of Nios. I don't know how their overall business numbers are as far as profits, but they are selling well. Thanks for watching!

The black one with no number plate is an Avatar, quite an upscale model!!

@xiaoandmatt

16 күн бұрын

I love it. Such a cool car!

Green license plate could be used for EV only and costs little, while the blue plate could be used for both but costs a lot if money. In case you have paid a lot money to acquire a blue plate years ago (in big cities) for your gas car, when you bought a new EV and sold the old one, you can keep the blue plate as an asset to put on your new EV.

I have one Leap motor C11 ，I like it！

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

How many km can you drive on a single charge?

x peng cars are so elegant to see.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

I also like them a lot. Very nice looking cars!

06:23 This is a NETA (Chinese: 哪吒) U Pro by 合众汽车. NETA is a popular EV in the Chinese market. It also sells well in Thailand.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Awesome. Thanks for the information!

I saw two different vlogger , one European couple who went to I believe Chongqing and the other group of guys who went to Shanghai, they were astonish how very little noise there is, road was eerily devoid of engine noise. Really wonder is it almost half of the cars on the road in all China's big cities

@jimmielin1141

Ай бұрын

Buses are all running on electricity too

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Yeah in areas of Shanghai the number of EVs is way more than 50 percent now. The only thing you hear on the roads is a lot of honking. lol

@frontline324

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmattsame as Guangzhou. l live here

Go China, show how it's done.

6:20，that's NETA U

05:25 Green plates weren't introduced back then when first wave of EVs hit the market.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Oh okay. Strange they haven’t asked them to update to the new green plates.

I thought EV and/or Hybrid will take over the world car market quickly. But I realized that it's not going to happen because most countries simply do not have the infrastructure to support ICE to EV conversion. EV owners will not have range anxiety if there are enough charging stations. Only few countries have built enough charging station, while this is not happening in many other countries.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

It is going to take some time for sure and add to what you said the fact that all the big auto companies don’t want to transition and are helping to fund and spread a lot of lies about EVs in the media. I think once there is ample infrastructure and the price of EVs drops a lot, it will begin to accelerate the transition.

@amandagrant4331

Ай бұрын

For countries that lack oil, this transformation will not be difficult. In the new car sales in Nepal, EV has occupied 60%. Nepal has the simplest charging stations in the world, but these charging stations are still effective.

5:23 This one has a blue plate because the owner transfered his old blue plate from his/her pervious petro vehicle to the model S before greenplates was issued in China.

@jcen911

Ай бұрын

6:22 Arcfox

good to see someone wearing my type of hat

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Another member of the club! How you doing brother!

5:18 that Tesla don't have a green license plate because it was purchased before 2016, green license plate was introduced in 2016, so EVs purchased before 2016 still have a normal blue license plate.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Oh okay! Thanks!

Thanks to bidet 100% tariff will be imposed on chinese ev imports to protect domestic automakers.

@hengongchua6250

Ай бұрын

China should also impose 120% tariff on all foreign cars so that the price is too expensive and everyone will buy local EVs at just 30% of what foreign car prices are.

@isoboy2125

Ай бұрын

It's protecting corporate greed so they can plunder Americans and do stock buybacks. 🙃

@bilduquette9371

Ай бұрын

The tariffs are there because US automakers can't compete with China's technology on EVs

@jimmielin1141

Ай бұрын

It’s just gonna slow down the EV progress in US or it just might just kill the legacy car industry. Just look at the solar panels during Obama era when he put sanctions on Chinese solar panel companies and somehow it killed the American’s solar industry. America was leading in the solar industry before Obama slapped sanctions on Chinese solar industry.

@tomasabell3994

Ай бұрын

​@@hengongchua6250 Chinese like competition, China is an open market!

In major Chinese cities, it is hard to find a gas car now. That is because it is very difficult to get a gas car license in major cities since around 2015. It has been almost 10 years, and most gas cars running in the city streets are phasing out. Same is gradually happening in second tiered and third tiered cities. It is more and more difficult to get gas car licenses. The results are dramatic. It is more often to see blue sky in Chinese cities. And the streets are very quiet without gas cars. It is interesting to see that less and less people are honking. It seems as the streets are getting quieter and people are getting more polite, they are less likely to use honking.

@xiaoandmatt

27 күн бұрын

There are still a lot of gas cars around, so it isn’t hard to find a gas car at all. The skies are certainly clearer now than 5 years ago and I think that has a lot to do with EVs but also moving factory locations and other initiatives the government has been doing to reduce pollution

I just want a Baojun Cloud but as long as people want SUVs i cant see the local (Australian) importers bothering to import sensible roomy efficient cars.

Quite evident from this video that there is 30-40% ev penetration. If looking at NEV kilometers driven v gas, its probably up to 70% as most taxis, ride share and ev owners are driving more as opposed to gas cars which tend to sit at parking lots more often.

@amandagrant4331

Ай бұрын

If have both EV and ICE at home, most people will choose to drive EV because it saves much money.

@user-pm1lt1wj4n

Ай бұрын

Shenzhen has more than half of its new energy vehicles

中国的新能源汽车绿牌是2016年4月逐步开始试点实行的， 2018年上半年，全国所有城市都覆盖实行这一制度，所以在这之前销售的ev和混合动力车统一使用蓝色车牌。我的第一台混动车就是2015年买的byd 秦 混合动力（纯电续航70km）。去年换成了吉利的l7混合动力（纯电续航115km）. 顺便提一句，我的城市长沙国营停车场针对绿牌车有停车费五折的优惠。

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

好的，谢谢你的信息！中国在激励人们购买电动汽车方面做得很好。你觉得你的新车怎么样？你为什么不买一辆纯电动汽车呢？

@user-ib2wp3zo3w

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt 混合动力完全没有里程焦虑，对我来说日常通勤往返距离不会超过50km，几乎不会用到汽油，和ev没有区别；但是周末或者长假的旅行就会很有优势，我的车满油、满电续航里程可以1100km。要知道，长假期间高速路上的充电站完全是地狱级的。

@user-ib2wp3zo3w

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt 我认为中国的新能源车技术是靠混合动力技术崛起的而不是ev，但我们出口的车几乎全部是ev，所以这一点国外的认知是不够的。特别是byd 的DMI（偏向经济）\DMP(偏向性能)\DMO(越野)，这三种混合动力技术完全自主研发，发动机和电动机配合非常多元而且高效，并且可以做到不需要变速箱。其他厂家现在也有各自的混动技术，感兴趣的话，你可以搜索一下。

So close to my city😂

the blue license plate tesla model s was registered before the new energy policy (green license plate), so it has a blue plate

@xiaoandmatt

29 күн бұрын

Thanks for the comment!

06:23 nezha(哪吒) EV, name of a god.

When was this video filmed? Last summer?

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

This video was filmed yesterday May 23, 2024.

@EnriqueLopez-lf8qm

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt I didn't realize that it has already been that hot in Yangzhou

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

@@EnriqueLopez-lf8qm Yeah it is hot already. It was 92 F degrees (33 C) today.

I'm hoping to see XIAOMI SU7 in your next video , hope they made it to your city already

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

I will keep an eye out!

5:25， that is an imported Tesla long time ago（like 12 years？）before the Green Plate System was published.

好多选择呀😂😂😂😂

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

是的！ 实在太多选择！

what camera are you using

@xiaoandmatt

25 күн бұрын

iPhone 15

Depend which city you are in

2:28 is the almighty Huawei AVATAR 12! Yes it is EV

@xiaoandmatt

16 күн бұрын

Very cool car!

Nice one. I am headed to China next week and going to the trouble to get a temporary license so I can hire and EV and do a bit of a road trip in the country side :-) I have no details of rental companies having EVs... but surely... :-) ?

@xiaoandmatt

26 күн бұрын

That sounds like an awesome plan. I am actually in the process of getting a Chinese license so I can drive here as well. There are many Chinese car rental companies and I am sure they offer EVs. Enjoy your trip!

@FoilingFrenzy

26 күн бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt Hey, thanks for the prompt reply 🙂 I have my Chinese girlfriend looking into car rental but so far I have not seen much about electric vehicle rentals... And it's quite literally all Chinese to me 🙂 if you have any more information about what EVs are available for rental would be very much appreciated... And Which companies? 🙂

@xiaoandmatt

26 күн бұрын

@@FoilingFrenzy It’s an interesting topic that I don’t know much about but I’m sure there are available options. I’m sure your Chinese gf can find something. What city are you flying into?

@FoilingFrenzy

26 күн бұрын

Landing Shanghai ... Kunming next Thursday. Really looking forward to it... But my Chinese is nowhere near as good as yours, but I have been learning

@xiaoandmatt

26 күн бұрын

@@FoilingFrenzy You won’t need it! You have your gf. I really like Kunming and the surrounding region.

the city is smaller, more cute evs you will see😊

@xiaoandmatt

26 күн бұрын

哈哈。你好像比较喜欢那种很可爱的车子

You should put the price tag on these EVs，so people can know how cheap are those EVs.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Good idea! I will see what I can do!

MODEL S is imported from the USA some were sold officially by TESLA and some are grey market imports with massive tariff penalties. It is weird that they have to settle for the blue plate but it may have come in before the current plate system was established. That said it is not one of the old ones it has the refresh front end.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. Yeah you may be right on that. I thought that maybe it was because it got it's plates before the green plate system, but I thought they would reissue plates so that they were up-to-date with the new system. Who knows.

Damn your Mandarin 😮...how can i learn...i would like to learn

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Do you live in China?

A blue tesla license plate simply means the owner of that car bought that tesla way back when Tesla first came into the Chinese market and the green plate hasn't been implemented yet

@xiaoandmatt

28 күн бұрын

Oh okay. Thanks for the comment!

The blue plate Tesla is one of the first Teslas in China before the implementation of the green plate rule. So if the owner bought it brand new, not a second-hand, then that motherf***er is RICH! I believe it used to cost nearly a million yuan.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Damn! That was a crazy expensive car back then.

14:20 it is Hongqi(Red flag)

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

Wow, seems soon will be embarrassed driving a non-EV in Yangzhou

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

In 5 years or so I think.

@LetsGo-zj9tq

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt Some EVs look really elegant and attractive

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

@@LetsGo-zj9tq yeah there are some weird ones. Haha

@LetsGo-zj9tq

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt Btw, Aito is from Huawei and the black one with two Chinese characters on the back is HongQi (Red Flag) which I've test-drive one of its models last year, not bad at all.

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

@@LetsGo-zj9tq okay cool. Thanks! Have you driven any of the Aitos?

Green platform on cars means electric cars .. some is Hybrid like Mercedes or Camry . Other chinese brand usually it’s full electric car . Blue color car platform means normal engine car .

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Green license plates are either EV and Hybrid. The plates that start with D are EVs and the ones that start with F are hybrids. There are lots of Chinese hybrids.

@aaabbb4843

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt D is for city , Have chinese symbol means for province . A for first city in this province , B means for second city in this province .. etc etc For example : Guangdong province have Chinese symbol for that .. A mean Guangzhou city , B means Shenzhen city . Also same for C and D E F G , different cities in same province . In general . Green color means EV car , blue color means normal engine . Mercedes’ cars can recognize in el letters . For example E300el means Hybrid . Toyota Camry have e means hybrid . But chinese brands cars beside tesla this all are full electrics cars . More you stay in china more you will understand . :)

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

@@aaabbb4843 I don’t know much about all the letters, but hybrids are for sure green license plates as well. In China they call all hybrids and EVs “New Energy Vehicles” and they have green plates. All the Li Xiang cars are hybrids and have green plates.

@aaabbb4843

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt that’s true.. As i said . More you stay in china more you will understand about every thing . Have a great time in china . Enjoy . Catch u later .

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

@@aaabbb4843 I’ve been here since 2013, so I understand quite a bit.

hello have you considered to have a channel on bilibili？

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

I do already. It is the same name as this channel, but my wife never posts any of my videos there anymore. ;(

it's my hometown hhhhh

Matt, EVs aren’t cheap. Apparently, there are many rich Chinese now. I am not sure about China hire purchase plans for EVs. Maybe, you can HP finance your EV for 10 long years in China ?? 😅

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Many Chinese EVs are not expensive at all. There are many affordable options, so most Chinese people don’t think of EVs as more expensive as normal gas cars unless you are talking about luxury models like the NIO SUVs or the ET7.

@frontline324

Ай бұрын

In fact, in China, electric cars are about the same price as gasoline cars, or even cheaper.

@amandagrant4331

Ай бұрын

In China, due to fierce competition, both EV and ICE are very cheap. Compared with vehicle of the same brand and model in China and other countries, China is always lower.

@user-qt2nh6iy2b

Ай бұрын

在中国电车比油车便宜

@SpeakingTheTruth88

Ай бұрын

@linewhere BYD DOLPHIN = 160,000 RMB in South East Asia. How much is BYD DOLPHIN IN CHINA IN RMB ??

If you come to Shenzhen or Guangzhou, you will find at least over 60% cars on the road are EVs

@xiaoandmatt

28 күн бұрын

Yeah I know I was just down in Guangzhou. It’s crazy how many EVs there are there. I’m in Nanjing this week and there are a ton of EVs here as well.

6:22 哪吒？

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Your guess is as good as mine.

EV, you must go to Liuzhou to see, it is capital of EV

@xiaoandmatt

26 күн бұрын

Noted! Maybe I can take a trip!

扬州😅太可怕了，上次去了，全是电瓶车到处窜，这辈子都没见过这么多电瓶车，吓死我了

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

哈哈。你住在什么城市？ 电瓶车不多吗？

@lovefromhuang

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt 我在江阴，电瓶车也多，但是没有扬州那么多那么乱。扬州多得有点像东南亚摩托车的那种浩浩荡荡的感觉🤓

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

@@lovefromhuang 哈哈，我没有意识到扬州的电瓶车情况那么乱，可能是我已经习惯了。

@lovefromhuang

Ай бұрын

@@xiaoandmatt 你肯定没有长期待过别的中国城市。 不过扬州这种情况也能理解，老市区都是老房子，还都是保护的房子不能拆，所以道路拓宽不了

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

@@lovefromhuang 我从2013年到2014年住在天津，从2014年到2023年住在南京, 所以我理解其他的城市的情况。我个人没注意到扬州有什么不同，但是并不意味着问题不存在。

扬州慢，听说是我中国最会享受的城市，本人钱包疼，去过徐州，没去过江苏十三太保大部分地区

China EV cars are very competitive there and many models unheard of . Won't be long China may reach carbon neutrality

@xiaoandmatt

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I know. There are so many! That is why I want to walk around and see what I find and share it here on KZread.

50% car sold are Ev or PHEV, or sort of Evs

We were left behind. China is far ahead, for shame!

The first time I watched your video, the Tesla Model S in it had a blue license plate because it entered China a long time ago as an imported car. At that time, China had not yet started to promote new energy green license plates. Are you visiting Yangzhou now? It is a great garden city and I like it very much.