Yes, because everyone — everyone — in China does ridesharing to some degree. There's been other videos on the topic, but it's the only way to afford a car there. Everyone needs to do a little of it to afford the payments, insurance, and road fees. It's known and accepted there that the govt will fine you a bogus traffic ticket to make up the deficient in their budgets. The fees are around 300 Yuan, or about 1/3 of your daily wages.
Anyhow, you HAVE to rideshare to afford a car in China, which is why the two rates are "conflated." But as u/dagthegnome said, EV's are about control and they're using this tactic to force people off the roads and isolate them. "You'll own nothing and be happy."
"EV adoption crosses 50%." That implies a bit less than 50% of cars in China are ICE. Do the complaints about commercial vs. private insurance in the video impact both or just EVs?
It should be trivial to answer if:
everyone — in China does ridesharing to some degree
EV adoption crosses 50%
They are not hard to separate. Maybe it's hard to find non-rideshare drivers but based on what you've said, there are at least 150m+ ICE rideshare drivers.
Based on how media usually operates, I assume that EVs pay more and rideshares pay more, but they're being stacked to get a more sensational number for headlines.
Yes, because everyone — everyone — in China does ridesharing to some degree. There's been other videos on the topic, but it's the only way to afford a car there. Everyone needs to do a little of it to afford the payments, insurance, and road fees. It's known and accepted there that the govt will fine you a bogus traffic ticket to make up the deficient in their budgets. The fees are around 300 Yuan, or about 1/3 of your daily wages.
Anyhow, you HAVE to rideshare to afford a car in China, which is why the two rates are "conflated." But as u/dagthegnome said, EV's are about control and they're using this tactic to force people off the roads and isolate them. "You'll own nothing and be happy."
"EV adoption crosses 50%." That implies a bit less than 50% of cars in China are ICE. Do the complaints about commercial vs. private insurance in the video impact both or just EVs?
It should be trivial to answer if:
They are not hard to separate. Maybe it's hard to find non-rideshare drivers but based on what you've said, there are at least 150m+ ICE rideshare drivers.
Based on how media usually operates, I assume that EVs pay more and rideshares pay more, but they're being stacked to get a more sensational number for headlines.