First screen, captured 13 hours ago. Open the video.

Europe's electric car sales jump 49% as global EV sales grow

What HN thinks

A transatlantic argument about who's more protectionist, interrupted by people pointing out the BYD parked outside their window.

US falling behind on EVs
Several commenters see the US as a protectionist island of expensive cars, while others cite charging gaps, long distances, cold winters and apartment living as real US hurdles.
Chinese EVs aren't banned in Europe
A claim that Europe bans Chinese EVs was widely rebutted by people seeing BYD, MG and others everywhere, though tariffs and quotas do raise prices, and some think those duties slow cheap EV adoption.
EVs and the poor
One side worries EVs will price poor people out of cheap used cars; others reply with cheap new EVs, lower running costs, strict roadworthiness tests and public transit like the Deutschlandticket.

Consensus: Most agree Chinese EVs are widely sold in Europe despite EU tariffs, and that Europe's EV market is growing much faster than North America's.

Recommended in the comments

Ember EV Sales Tracker ↗ (service): Suggested as a better way to see the trends than the prose-heavy article.
Deutschlandticket ↗ (service): Cited as an example of affordable public transport compared to UK commuting costs.

Summarised by Claude from the comment thread 11 hours ago.

Points: 61
Comments: 70
Best rank: #7
Posted: 2026-11-13 by cisc
Category: Other

electric-vehicles ev-sales europe china north-america benchmark-mineral-intelligence byd

All captures:

Full page

Captured 13 hours ago. Click for the whole screenshot. The page is longer than 25,000px, so the screenshot stops there: read the rest on electrek.co ↗