{"id":48401,"date":"2024-06-20T18:38:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T18:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2024\/06\/20\/flavio-volpe-cheap-chinese-evs-come-at-a-high-cost\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T18:38:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T18:38:49","slug":"flavio-volpe-cheap-chinese-evs-come-at-a-high-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2024\/06\/20\/flavio-volpe-cheap-chinese-evs-come-at-a-high-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Flavio Volpe: Cheap Chinese EVs come at a high cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\" class=\"article-header article-header--story\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\" data-aqa=\"nav-breadcrumb\">\n<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/p>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">Transportation<\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">News<\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">Electric Vehicles<\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">Economy<\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">Autos<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<div class=\"article-header__detail\">\n<div class=\"article-header__detail__texts\">\n<p class=\"article-subtitle\">Opinion: Ottawa yet to respond to threat posed by Beijing<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p><span class=\"published-date__since\">Published Jun 20, 2024<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"published-date__word-count\">4 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta__bottom\">\n<div class=\"bookmark-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover\" data-aqa=\"popover\" data-click-to-appear=\"True\" data-container=\"\" data-container-offset=\"\" data-no-style=\"\" data-popover-component=\"\" data-position=\"top\" data-sticky=\"\" data-tail-offset=\"200\" data-tail-position=\"right\"><button class=\"popover__trigger bookmark-button\"><span class=\"save-article-button save-article-button--default\" title=\"Save article\" data-article-id=\"9dc112ba-1099-46ba-b634-ba7c39850d21\" data-evt-skip-click=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<div aria-describedby=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\" class=\"popover__content\" hidden=\"\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__text\" id=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\">\n<div class=\"bookmark__popover__content\">\n<p>You can save this article by registering for free here. 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Does it make sense?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">That is what I have said to everyone who has asked me about Chinese electric cars lately and the questions usually stump my audience. A lot of ink has been spilled over the promise of good quality, cheap Chinese cars, with most of the opinions being of the \u201cbring \u2019em on\u201d variety. At a time when the cost of money is still high and inflationary pressures are just coming off a generational peak, every penny counts. 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The largest car manufacturing jurisdiction in the world \u2014 twice the size of second-place North America \u2014 is dominated by state-owned enterprises that benefit greatly from Beijing\u2019s \u201cMade in China 2025\u201d industrial strategy. As part of its bid to usurp the U.S. as the world\u2019s largest and most influential economy, the Chinese government has been pursuing a sophisticated, centrally planned, industry-wide effort to become a leader in new energy vehicles. That plan includes opaque production subsidies for all material and supplier categories, including steel and aluminum, on top of its heavily subsidized critical-minerals development strategy. As a result, China has already come to dominate the electric vehicle battery business from key inputs such as lithium to the completed battery cells being packed into cars built by automakers around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Cheap labour has been another part of the equation. Last month, a rare BYD plant strike in Shanghai revealed that their employees worked 12 hours a day, six days a week for the equivalent of less than one-month\u2019s pay in a Canadian car plant.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_4\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment2461613911373619975752712800174080\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 4<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-4\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"4\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-4\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>None of this seems to matter to many Canadians. Environmental lobbyists decried the Biden Administration\u2019s move to introduce a 102.5 per cent tariff regime on Chinese EVs last month because they said it would stymie the effort to clean the private vehicle fleet in North America. Unfazed by the tsk-tsk\u2019ing, the EU responded with their own 48 per cent tariff wall.<\/p>\n<p>They argued that importing clean cars from the world\u2019s worst polluter to meet a self-imposed climate target was akin to banging dry mud off your shoes in the kitchen before putting them on the clean shelf in the closet.<\/p>\n<p>In Canada, we wait for the government\u2019s response to the threat. Eighty per cent of the cars we make are destined for the U.S. market. Washington has argued that it has protected its lucrative domestic market for its market-driven allies. It has declared China a \u201cforeign entity of concern\u201d and banned imports and investments from getting U.S. government support. 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fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0519-bc-auto-theft.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=XrsoYrtOJ1h_3VKoaeZuKw&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0519-bc-auto-theft.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=CZGNSsHlWxIywkH0_0kfYA, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0519-bc-auto-theft.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80&sig=3vmvjreCSEd7Hj2XEHN2yw 2x,\n                                             https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0519-bc-auto-theft.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80&sig=ii48-diJ6iRe4B4yGglnPw 3x\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<p><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\">Auto theft crisis deepens as insurance claims top $1.5 billion<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" over=\"\" tesla=\"\" the=\"\" man=\"\" who=\"\" made=\"\" bricklin=\"\" is=\"\" back=\"\" data-carousel-item=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\"> <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bricklin-0514-ph.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=MKLHMtzNF6M8aaLRkcsZaQ&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bricklin-0514-ph.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=MKLHMtzNF6M8aaLRkcsZaQ&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, 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https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bricklin-0514-ph.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=MKLHMtzNF6M8aaLRkcsZaQ&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bricklin-0514-ph.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=MKLHMtzNF6M8aaLRkcsZaQ&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bricklin-0514-ph.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=MKLHMtzNF6M8aaLRkcsZaQ, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bricklin-0514-ph.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80&sig=BrTaCJE0QE4q8HtnNiqqnw 2x,\n                                             https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bricklin-0514-ph.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80&sig=dTwodKoNYx9Ke3CteY6nAA 3x\" alt=\"Bricklin\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<p><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\">Move over Tesla, the man who made the Bricklin is back<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-next\" data-carousel-next=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"next\" type=\"button\"\/><\/section>\n<p>There are two conflicting voices coming out of Ottawa. The industry minister has worked hard to land an incredible $46 billion in electric vehicle production investments that will boost real jobs for Canadians in a strong local economy. On the other hand, the environment minister is pushing an airy ZEV mandate that plays into China\u2019s subsidized, labour-crushing pipeline. Instead of giving Canadians a chance to fulfill the promise of making millions of electric vehicles and batteries in the next few years, the ZEV mandates feed China\u2019s push for global economic supremacy. How would the Battle of Britain have ended if the Royal Air Force needed German engines to get airborne?<\/p>\n<p>Today we wait for Ottawa\u2019s response to the threat from Beijing. Washington and Brussels have said they want Canadian critical minerals, batteries and cars. They confirmed those orders with tariff walls and pledges of allegiance. What will Ottawa do? The clock is ticking.<\/p>\n<p><em>Flavio Volpe is the president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers\u2019 Association and a Member of the Order of Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__share-group article-delimiter\" data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" data-evt-typ=\"page_scroll\">\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/>Flavio Volpe: Cheap Chinese EVs come at a high cost<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2024-06-20 18:38:49<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links Transportation News Electric Vehicles Economy Autos Opinion: Ottawa yet to respond to threat posed by Beijing Published Jun 20, 2024 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 4 minute read You can save&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0621-bc-china.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=gbL9g2KvvHZfi00FM02rZw","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/48402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}