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There’s no doubt about it: China saw that the future of the car market was electric and zoomed far into lead. It has accounted for more than half of global electric car sales, and aside from Tesla, the biggest electric car producers in the world are Chinese. Despite being late to the party — and many in the country still trying to prevent or slow adoption — the US is now trying to block Chinese electric cars from coming into the US and taking market share from established legacy automakers. There are currently very high tariffs on any Chinese EV imports (27.5%), and certain lawmakers are pushing for even higher tariffs!
I do see both arguments on this: 1) On the one hand, blocking good electric car options is not good for consumers, not good for the EV revolution, and not good for…
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