Flutterby™! : Western automakers don't get EVs

I mean, the real solution is to get people the hell out of their cars, but... Inside EVs: I Went To China And Drove A Dozen Electric Cars. Western Automakers Are Cooked

If the U.S. and Europe get what they want—a crackdown on Chinese imports—it doesn’t feel like it would result in better cars. It feels like it would keep buyers of those markets locked to cars that aren’t executed as well. It’s nakedly protectionist because deep down, all of the Western auto executives and some hawkish China pundits understand that Chinese EV and PHEV models are more compelling than what European, other Asian, and American brands have come up with.