Chinese EV and Renewables Success is our European Failure

Companies in the EU may cry all they want about unfair Chinese competition but they have only themselves and their political leadership to blame…

China did not develop EVs and solar panels to flood the EU with them. China fears being deprived of oil. In a potential conflict, China could be cut off from maritime supplies. China also suffers from extreme pollution in cities. These realities make the development of EVs and renewables a matter of national security. This is why they heavily subsidize this sector.

The EU does not have the heavy industry and the pollution problems, somehow the EU also does not fear being cut off from oil. Norway, UK, the US are deemed to be reliable suppliers. While, the EU does project the banning of the combustion engine, they did not bother with making EVs more affordable. This is where the Chinese come in. Also, the EU wants to boost renewable energy but the solar panels again don’t come cheap, this is where Chinese made panels come in.

China did this out of necessity and the fact their production is an added bonus. I actually wonder about Russian made airplanes. The Russians need domestic production of airplanes because the West wants to blackmail Russia by withholding this technology. Given Boeing’s problems, Russians could in the future win some foreign markets with their production.