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they have all the manufacturing there, I'm sure all the parts are dirt cheap for them if you don't ship em cross ocean.
I'm not sure about china paying for you to buy them, many countries counter that with tariffs. I think those prices are close to natural prices given the enormous scale of china and nearby markets.
Yes, the tariffs counter the artificially low price. At least on the more expensive models, as tariffs aren't a flat fee per car like the subsidies. You're then still left with a workforce that's paid about a third if not a quarter of what they'd be paid in some European countries that manufacture cars.
If we really wanted European EVs to be competitive with Chinese, unions need to be abolished and wages lowered. Unfortunately, we ALSO want people to have good living conditions, so that's sort of a no-go.
ChatGPT says 10-15% of the cost of a typical car is labor
So that would give Chinese manufactured vehicles a 6-10% price advantage
We wish
Are you implying Chinese people do not have good living conditions?
I have been in China only a few months working on the assembly line. Work was long and tough, but the pay was good and they'd give you free housing and food. Plenty other workplaces were available if you wanted to work less hours.
How many hours is that about? They don't have 40 hr limit? How about work safety and health insurance? Free healthcare right?
That was 14 hours a day 6 days a week. It was non specialized jobs mostly filled by people getting their first job moving from the farms to the cities. Many people changed job within the first year. 40 hours work weeks were available. Regarding work safety, factories I visited were quite good, modern equipment and practices. I have seen machinery being used quite commonly which would elsewhere be considered highly specialized. Not sure about free healthcare, I did not get to need the hospital.
I'm not saying it's the best country in the world, but in general the people I met were happy and enjoyed a good life without many problems.
Eu should have taken on Putin's offer while it was being offered - Europe from Lisbon till Vladivostok. Free energy in exchange for technology. Is my opinion. And now it's just too late for both. China is one global winner in all areas .
https://journal-neo.su/2025/09/08/from-vladivostok-to-lisbon-a-counterfactual-geopolitical-analysis-of-eurasias-unchosen-path/
Yea sorry, most of us don't want to live under Russian rule.
I don't think there was a rule in that partnership. And look at it - eu industry is fucking dead.