New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in China

tphuang · 2025-10-15T19:29:54-0400

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1978603804724519194

here, I wrote about how BYD used 3D Printing for aluminum to really make U9X even more light weight and faster than U9. It's truly impressive to see how fast iteration of 3D Printing and AI allows for these perfectly optimized structures.

Euro 7 was
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from earlier plans due to automaker complaints, leaving China with the strictest emissions in the world.

China should just ban ICE cars

gelgoog · 2025-10-15T19:40:22-0400

It would be enough to ban ICE inside major cities I think. But this can be done in 5 years time when there is more EV penetration to make the transition less painful.

Gloire_bb · 2025-10-15T19:58:15-0400

tphuang said:
China should just ban ICE cars

Entire north (Dongbei - Inner mongolia - Xingjiang) will be very unhappy, especially outside of big cities.

vincent · 2025-10-15T20:30:27-0400

gelgoog said:
It would be enough to ban ICE inside major cities I think. But this can be done in 5 years time when there is more EV penetration to make the transition less painful.

No need. The EV adoption is happening organically.

ZeEa5KPul · 2025-10-15T20:56:10-0400

vincent said:
No need. The EV adoption is happening organically.

In the center/south. There's still a lot of blue plates in the north and they'll need some prodding.

siegecrossbow · 2025-10-15T21:14:21-0400

I think cold weather related range reduction could be mitigated by the use of heat pumps in EVs.

tphuang · 2025-10-15T21:38:43-0400

Gloire_bb said:
Entire north (Dongbei - Inner mongolia - Xingjiang) will be very unhappy, especially outside of big cities.

PHEVs don't have range anxiety issues. I saw no shortage of PHEVs in Beijing.

vincent · 2025-10-15T22:46:23-0400

siegecrossbow said:
I think cold weather related range reduction could be mitigated by the use of heat pumps in EVs.

Or wait for sodium batteries.

SanWenYu · 2025-10-15T23:31:11-0400

EVs are very common in Norway. 90% of new car sold are EVs there. It seems that the Norwegians have learned how to use EVs properly in cold winters. Perhaps the northern mainlanders can do it as well?

CMP · 2025-10-16T00:04:58-0400

SanWenYu said:
EVs are very common in Norway. 90% of new car sold are EVs there. It seems that the Norwegians have learned how to use EVs properly in cold winters. Perhaps the northern mainlanders can do it as well?

Indoor parking in well-insulated and gently climate-controlled structure does most of the heavy lifting. Doesn't need to be excessive energy consumption either. Just recommend not letting the structure interior get cooler than 10C in the dead of winter and no hotter than 30C in the peak of summer. That would be enough to preserve battery cycle life.

New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in China

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