In the UK, data shows that the market share of electric vehicles fell last year for the first time since it was introduced to the market on a large scale in 2018.
In order to encourage new energy, the United Kingdom** on the one hand restricts China's new energy imports, on the other hand, it also strives to reduce the number of cars**, in order to win the favor of consumers. According to the Financial Times, the average selling price of new energy vehicles in the UK car market last year was 11% lower than the recommended retail priceIn the U.S., NEVs are typically offered around 10% discounts, but the discount for NEVs has tripled over the past year. But even so, there are still very few willing to pay for it.
At present, the automobile market is undergoing the replacement of the old and the new, whether it is market share or technical strength, traditional car companies are encountering a strong impact from the "new forces" of new energy vehicle manufacturing. Taking the United Kingdom as an example, Jaguar, Bentley, Skoda, etc. are all traditional British oil car powerhouses, but there are still no new energy works that can be used.
In fact, behind the competition of new energy is the competition of national strength. R&D requires money, infrastructure construction requires money, and publicity and promotion also use money. The development of new energy is inseparable from the strong "endorsement" of the motherland, and only continuous economic "blood transfusion" can ensure the leading edge of domestic car companies on the track
For most of 2023, inflation in the UK is "feverish" and the cost of living for ordinary people remains high. The cost of imports in the UK in energy, agricultural products, industrial intermediate goods and other aspects has skyrocketed, which in turn has triggered a surge in costs in manufacturing, service and other fields, causing the British people to fall into an all-round cost-of-living crisis: the year-on-year increase in food ** once reached 192%，A record high in 45 years；Household gas and electricity bills have nearly doubled, and people's travel costs have risen significantly.
Not only is life difficult for ordinary people, but life is also difficult for local ** in the UK. Under the impact of high inflation, the balance between fiscal revenue and expenditure in the UK is becoming more and more unsustainable. At the end of November 2023, the industrial city of Nottingham in the central part of the United Kingdom declared financial bankruptcy, which is another city to declare bankruptcy after Birmingham, the second largest city in the United Kingdom in September of the same year. Due to a lack of local revenues, a further increase is expected to increase in the number of places in the UK that will fall into bankruptcy** in 2024.
UK Home Secretary Braverman said the UK needed to take a pragmatic approach to achieving net-zero carbon emissionsBecause Britain can't save the planet by bankrupting the British.
The European Union has announced that it will be able to continue selling new fuel vehicles using synthetic fuels after 2035, while the United Kingdom has also decided to postpone the ban on the sale of new fuel vehicles from 2030 to 2035.
Previously, in order to better cope with the integration of clean energy projects and the lagging development of the power grid, the British National Grid Corporation recently announced that it will expand its investment in the British power grid system from 2025 to 2026, with an additional capital investment of 2 billion pounds, bringing the overall investment plan to 42 billion pounds. But at present, about 220 renewable energy projects are delayed waiting to be connected to the national transmission system by 2026, half of which have already received planning permission, and some have delayed their projected start-up by 14 years.
These countries in Europe and the United States used emissions to harvest China's industry, but new technologies such as photovoltaics, wind power, new energy vehicles, hydropower, and nuclear power have been completely controlled by China.
Judging from the current development, BYD has become the global new energy sales champion in 2023. BYD's new energy passenger vehicles have entered 15 European countries, and basically find local TOP1 or TOP2 partners in each country, and have opened more than 140 stores in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and other countries.
It is expected in 2024The global sales of new energy vehicles will exceed 20 million, China will contribute 60% of global sales, and China's power battery and material shipments will still account for more than 50% of the world's shipments.