{"id":136326,"date":"2025-01-03T07:52:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T05:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/china-is-driving-an-electric-vehicle-revolution-but-is-it-good-news-for-the-climate\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T07:52:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T05:52:32","slug":"china-is-driving-an-electric-vehicle-revolution-but-is-it-good-news-for-the-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/china-is-driving-an-electric-vehicle-revolution-but-is-it-good-news-for-the-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"China is driving an electric vehicle revolution. But is it good news for the climate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136326\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nChina\u2019s EV boom offers climate hope, but market dominance risks new environmental challenges. Ten years ago, you would be forgiven for assuming the snowballing climate crisis was low-down on China\u2019s priority list. Accounting for approximately 11.9 billion metric tonnes of emissions in 2023 alone, the country has been the largest global emitter of CO2 since 2006 &#8211; with emissions double that of the next greatest carbon offender, the United States.<\/p>\n<p>But today, China is also the biggest global exporter of electric vehicles (EVs). Following an astonishing 13,300 per cent increase in production between 2017 and 2023, the country has skyrocketed to dominance in the sector. According to the IEA\u2019s latest report, China sold over 1.2 million EVs abroad in 2023 alone, with Europe a major destination for the vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Even as the country\u2019s carbon emissions continue to rise, China\u2019s rapid expansion into alternative energy warrants a consideration not only of what this might mean for Europe\u2019s own EV market, but the climate more broadly. China\u2019s dominance in the EV market has been a long time coming. EV technology became an investment priority as early as 2001, and was accelerated by generous government subsidies offered to EV companies producing buses and taxis as well as cars.<\/p>\n<p>The government had ample incentive to prioritise EV expansion. Particularly for badly-affected urban areas, investment in the EV market promised a solution to China\u2019s severe pollution issues; emissions from the transport sector previously accounted for 10 per cent of the country\u2019s total. Beyond this, a foothold in the EV sector enabled China to reduce its reliance on imported oil, strengthening the country\u2019s energy security.<\/p>\n<p>With unparalleled manufacturing and battery expertise, China was primed to dominate the EV market. Controlling nearly 70 per cent of the rare earth elements needed for EV batteries gives the country substantial cost and access advantage. But China has also adapted well to local markets, adjusting pricing models, partnering with local businesses, and providing in-car entertainment systems that cater to local languages and cultural preferences. Despite Europe\u2019s resource constraints, China\u2019s flexibility offers important lessons for Europe as it continues to develop its own EV market.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/01\/03\/china-is-driving-an-electric-vehicle-revolution-but-is-it-good-news-for-the-climate\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/01\/03\/china-is-driving-an-electric-vehicle-revolution-but-is-it-good-news-for-the-climate\">Euronews Green<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/china-is-driving-an-electric-vehicle-revolution-but-is-it-good-news-for-the-climate\/\">China is driving an electric vehicle revolution. But is it good news for the climate?<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[758,17473,575],"class_list":["post-136326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-china","tag-electric-vehicle-revolution","tag-environmental-news-en"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}