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Posted on 11/08/2026 10:44:17 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Will Chinese cars, autonomous cars or click-to-buy cars win in the next decade?
You know the 80/20 rule, but I prefer 20/80. I’ve noticed that in the consumer-technology world, if something gets to 20% market share, it will likely get to 80%—think of VHS players, CDs, PCs, smartphones. A lively lunchtime discussion with Quin Garcia from Autotech Ventures turned into a friendly bet over which would happen first: Chinese automakers capture 20% of U.S. car sales, or fully autonomous vehicles account for 20% of cars shipped each year.
Mr. Garcia makes the case for Chinese cars: “Almost 20% of cars sold in Mexico last year were built in China. In Israel and Hong Kong, Chinese brands are well past that.” In Europe, as of September, Chinese cars had a nearly 15% market share. He thought Americans traveling abroad, and those who lived near the border, would see Chinese-made BYD (Build Your Dream) and Chery cars and want one.
I’m skeptical. I’m all for free trade, including autos, but the politics are ugly. Both political parties love tariffs. Donald Trump 1.0 imposed 27.5% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. Joe Biden raised the Section 301 tariff to 100%, citing the need “to protect American workers and businesses.” More like to protect Detroit and the United Auto Workers, at the expense of every other American not being allowed to buy inexpensive cars. In China, an electric BYD Seagull with five-minute flash-charging costs $9,500. I’d buy one.
I suspect Donald Trump, who kept the 100% blocking auto tariffs for Trump 2.0, would encourage China to build factories in America. “If Chinese brands reach 20% here,” Mr. Garcia says, “most of those cars will be built in American plants.” But other rules would need to change. Data-security concerns stop China from selling connected “smart cars...”
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Make China more powerful and economically the number one country in the world? Why would we do that.....or why do we continually do it for the past 30 plus years?
I expect the Democrats to subsidize exactly that effort.
Nope! Keep that junk out of the USA. Flimsy sub-standard steel. Rubber insulation that rots within a year. Suspension parts that crack and break within a year. They don't hold up in a crash. Lots of reports out of China about these cars failing.
I full intend to order a V-8 SUV in 2028. It will not have a turbo or the stupid start/stop “feature”. I will drive this car until it disintegrates. This car will probably be illegal to build in 2029.
They need to deregulate American auto industry to a certain degree . They put too much stuff into cars that a lot of people don’t want or need and I could do without the spyware
That could help with affordability…oh wait Dems don’t care
Democrats will force all tariffs to be rolled back, freeing up the market to be flooded with cheaper Chinese cars, further destroying our auto industry.
General Motors is now Islamic Controlled.
Go backwards...no electric windows...a little side window....key hole to open trunk...
I will get a chinese car about the same time I am in the market for a UAW built pos.
IOW, never.
No problem, well never buy government motors junk.
NO. Most of the Chinese auto industry is OWNED by the Chinese Government. The money from those cars goes directly to the CCP and the PLA. Plus all of the high tech components answer directly to Beijing. Not the same as Korea and Japan.
And STRAIGHT BENCH seats!
Yes. Bench seats.
Classic muscle cars, please!
Don’t need that auto brake thing either. I made them disconnect mine. Learn to drive...
How I wish I still had my Monte...
We rented a Chinese made van while in Costa Rica a while back. It was supposed to hold 9 passengers. There were 8 of us. It was dangerous to drive. During hard braking, the brakes would overheat and fade. It was grossly underpowered. It was a relief to turn the piece of junk in.
Unfortunately current American cars are also utter garbage, and basically data collection machines for insurance companies, the feral government and the manufacturers. And don’t get me started on the mandated kill switch that is a full time surveillance system. All to keep us “safe” of course.
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