China made a bet decades ago to be able to compete with the USA. Now you are reaping the rewards in a big way

The streets of Beijing have changed radically in just a few years. The noise and stench of traffic were replaced by unusual silence to megation. The roads are traveled by a flow of vehicles mostly electric, all with their distinct green enrollment.

This is not a phenomenon unique to Beijing. For those arriving in many major Chinese cities from countries dominated by gasoline cars, silence will be their first impression, says Li Shuo, director of the China climate center at the Asia Society Policy Institute.

It's like entering the future, he describes to CNN.

Anyway, the growth of electric vehicles in China has been extraordinary. More than half of new cars sold are electric, which puts the world's largest car market in a trajectory that, in the coming decades, should virtually eliminate gasoline cars. Last year, sales of electric vehicles in China ascended 11 million, an increase of almost 40% compared to 2023, according to data from the British research company RHO Motion. It is an “irreversible transformation,” says Shuo.

China was responsible for over 60% of global sales of electric cars by 2024

The country also registered the fastest growth of demand f...
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