Total car ownership in China sails past the 400 million mark, EV momentum unstoppable

[beijingwalker]

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Deserts where no one lives don't really count.

It all boils down to how good is your road infrastructure and how advanced is your public transport system. China's traffic condition is way way better than 20 years ago when China had no private cars. I still remember the time when everyday hour long jam was a everyday occurrence.

 

[Communism]

It all boils down to how good is your road infrastructure and how advanced is your public transport system. China's traffic condition is way way better than 20 years ago when China had no private cars. I still remember the time when everyday hour long jam was a everyday occurrence.

I've been to cities where basically the whole city has 2-3 layers of roads, and it still was nearly useless to own a car.

Unless China is going to start building cities with 10+ layer roads, these will mostly remain status symbols.

 

[beijingwalker]

Seems like most of these cars are simply being purchased as status symbols.

I cost just a couple of months salary, a second car cost half your month salary, how can it be a status symbol? All Chinese big cities have restrictive policies on number of cars, if without those policies, number of cars can easily surpass the number of people in China.

I've been to cities where basically the whole city has 2-3 layers of roads, and it still was nearly useless to own a car.

Unless China is going to start building cities with 10+ layer roads, these will mostly remain status symbols.

Which city and when? I can update you with that city's videos

 

[Daniel808]

I've been to cities where basically the whole city has 2-3 layers of roads, and it still was nearly useless to own a car.

Unless China is going to start building cities with 10+ layer roads, these will mostly remain status symbols.

Status symbols?

Again you use indian third world level to talking about China.

In China car is very affordable because of their high wages. And not a symbol of status like in India who only the 1% richest one can bought a car.


In China, beach resorts or mountain villa is symbol of status. Not to mention overseas property as their social status also

 

[beijingwalker]

Status symbols?

Again you use indian third world level to talking about China.

In China car is very affordable because of their high wages. And not a symbol of status like in India who only the 1% richest one can bought a car.


In China, beach resorts or mountain villa is symbol of status. Not to mention overseas property as their social status also

In Xinjiang desert, local officials went to visit households living below the national poverty line, those households are deeply in the desert and outsiders don't know how to get there, the villagers themselves had to drive their own cars to pick up the officials from outside the desert.

 

[Daniel808]

You can see, roads in south delhi is much more crowded

Compared to Chinese Big Cities

That’s Chongqing City that famous as City that have most complicated traffic all around China

 

[Catalystic]

What about bicycles?
Most importantly, are they better drivers now?
Let’s face it, your country has shitty drivers/reputation specially in foreign countries……do something about that too.

 

[beijingwalker]

What about bicycles?
Most importantly, are they better drivers now?
Let’s face it, your country has shitty drivers/reputation specially in foreign countries……do something about that too.

The west can trashtalk China about everything, but this is the only thing they can still do, isn't it? bad drivers... lol.. they really need something to alleviate their hurt feelings. Is driving a rocket science in the west.

 

[Catalystic]

The west can trashtalk China about everything, but this is the only thing they can still do, isn't it? bad drivers... lol.. they really need something to ease their hurt feelings.

No, I’ve had personal experiences with such……yes you’re bad drivers, need to improve…..
Specially in Canada

 

[beijingwalker]

No, I’ve had personal experiences with such……yes you’re bad drivers, need to improve…..
Specially in Canada

We don't drive in Canada , we drive in China. ask your friends who live in China to find out how things work here in China, not in Canada.

 

[Mista]

I've been to cities where basically the whole city has 2-3 layers of roads, and it still was nearly useless to own a car.

Unless China is going to start building cities with 10+ layer roads, these will mostly remain status symbols.

How is it a status symbol when there are already 400mil cars lmao.

 

[Daniel808]

We don't drive in Canada , we drive in China. ask your friends who live in China to find out how things work here in China, not in Canada.

He is indian.

Indian in canada even cannot bought a decent cars because they only do a low paying jobs there.

Unlike Chinese in Canada who have small business or do white collar jobs. And of course can have multiple cars.

He just envy

 

[Communism]

How is it a status symbol when there are already 400mil cars lmao.

That's the only way I can think about it.

If there are 400 million but most of them aren't on the street, then that's what a status symbol is.

In the U.S., you drive your car everywhere.

If all those 400 million are being driven every day in China, then it'll be traffic jams 24/7.

If there's not traffic jams 24/7, then they aren't using their car for their primary transportation, which means it's basically a status symbol.

It's either one or the other.

The logic is airtight.

Propaganda bots' narratives have fried their brains.

None of these people have ever been to the U.S. as we have established in our previous discussions, so they don't know that a car isn't something you just use sometimes for road-trips to the countryside.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

A decade ago, China was still known as the nation of bicycles, now China had long replaced US as the nation of cars, China also fast builds roads and highways to every remote corner of the country to allow these hundreds of millions cars running comfortably.

Chinese mode of transport 20 years ago
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Chinese mode of transport today
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This isn't necessarily good. Chinese cities being bikable and walkable with good public transit is still important for reducing pollution, space/time/resource saving and keeping the cities accessible to youth, elderly, etc. I think South Korea level of car ownership at 400/1000 is good enough. Too many cars create US/Canada style problems. Asian style development like China/SK/Japan has significant advantages.

 

[Mista]

That's the only way I can think about it.

If there are 400 million but most of them aren't on the street, then that's what a status symbol is.

In the U.S., you drive your car everywhere.

If all those 400 million are being driven every day in China, then it'll be traffic jams 24/7.

If there's not traffic jams 24/7, then they aren't using their car for their primary transportation, which means it's basically a status symbol.

It's either one or the other.

The logic is airtight.

Propaganda bots' narratives have fried their brains.

None of these people have ever been to the U.S. as we have established in our previous discussions, so they don't know that a car isn't something you just use sometimes for road-trips to the countryside.

Then you can't think properly.

You think the majority of 1.4bil Chinese live in dense cities like Shanghai or Beijing?

Switzerland and Japan has higher than density than China, their geography is even more mountainous, and yet their vehicles per capita is >2x of China's.

Country or region	Motor vehicles per 1,000 people

Japan

624

Switzerland

604

China

219

List of countries and territories by motor vehicles per capita - Wikipedia

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Are you also going to spout dumb nonsense like "Oh, if there are no traffic jams 24/7 in Japan/Switzerland, then they aren't using their car for their primary transportation, which means it's basically a status symbol"? Cars are even more useless in Switzerland/Japan, and vanity is the major reason for owning cars there?

Just because you can't think of other reasons doesn't mean that you are right.

"The logic is airtight" says you. LMAO.

Admit it, you have a preconceived notion that China is a poor country which 'shouldn't have that many cars' otherwise it's for vanity purposes. Or you are just salty that China has more car owners than US has people now.