How China is already living in an EV future | Foreign Correspondent

中国如何已活在电动汽车的未来

In China an electric revolution is taking place. Across the country, electric cars Australians might consider to be luxury items are now standard issue vehicles in China. Massage seats, big screens and even fridges are the minimum requirement for Chinese EV drivers and with charging stations at shop centres that can recharge a battery in under 5 minutes, there’s no such thing as range anxety.

On Foreign Correspondent, reporter Allyson Horn, now based in the ABC’s reopened China bureau, examines how this nation became the dominant global force in electric vehicles. With 75 per cent of the world’s EVs being made in China she gets an inside look at what’s rolling off the production lines in record time and she previews the newest range of EVs including a futuristic flying car that will be on sale by the end of the year. With a global shortage of oil and increased petrol prices in the wake of the US and Israel’s war with Iran, China’s long term EV strategy is leaving the rest of the world behind with surging demand and record-breaking profits.

在中国，一场电动革命正在发生。放眼全国，那些澳大利亚人可能视为奢侈品的电动汽车，在中国已成为标配车型。按摩座椅、大屏幕，甚至冰箱，都是中国电动汽车车主的“最低要求”。而在购物中心的充电站，电池充电时间不到5分钟，续航焦虑根本不存在。

在《外国记者》节目中，驻守ABC重新开设的中国记者站的记者艾莉森·霍恩，深入探究了中国如何成为全球电动汽车领域的主导力量。全球75%的电动汽车产自中国，她得以近距离观察这些汽车以创纪录速度下线的全过程，并预览了最新款电动汽车系列，其中包括一款将于年底前上市的极具未来感的飞行汽车。

受美国与以色列对伊朗战争影响，全球石油供应紧张、油价持续上涨。在此背景下，中国长期布局的电动汽车战略正迎来需求激增和利润创纪录的利好，将世界其他地区远远甩在身后。

以下是各国网友的评论：

GameChanger-cr4hx
In the US, subsidies from the Govt. are used for share buybacks and CEO getting their bonuses.

在美国，政府提供的补贴，大多被企业用来回购股票，以及给首席执行官发放奖金。

 

Simulation.C.C
Funny how the tables have turned. Corruption is now infesting the US everywhere, and no longer a China issue.

局势真是反转得有意思。如今腐败问题在美国遍地滋生，再也不能单方面拿来指责中国了。

 

redda2
In America you get rich by passively holding assets like stocks.
In China the government encourages innovation. In America the government encourages anything to keep pum up the stock market

在美国，只要持有股票这类资产，躺着就能致富。

中国大力扶持创新。美国政府想方设法，只为持续推高股市。

 

bpcgos
And also to 'lobbying' aka bribery so they could get even more from people taxes...

还有所谓的“游说活动”，说白了就是行贿，借此从纳税人口袋里捞取更多利益。

 

makebelieve-k8l
It's really fascinating that a lot of Australians don't really know anything about China

很有意思的一点，不少澳大利亚人对中国几乎一无所知。

 

 

pauljeffery5691
I think most Australians that are interested in international things will know much about china, the ones that don’t know anything also won’t know anything about 99% of other countries because they live in a bubble

我认为，大部分关注国际事务的澳大利亚人会了解中国。那些一无所知的人，对全球九成九的国家都缺乏认知，他们活在信息茧房之中。

 

Sema4beach
You gotta go there to Grasp the Size of China

一定要亲自去一趟，才能切身感受到中国有多庞大。

 

GZetta
Can western media stop reporting on a busy road or intersection. I get it they're trying to show the busy-ness of the city but reporting on a road without closing it down is weird thing they do. Imagine if Chinese media start walking on your road trying to report while blocking you which is completely illegal btw

西方媒体能不能别总挑繁忙马路、十字路口做报道。我明白他们想展现城市车流繁华，但不临时封路，直接在通行道路上采访，这种做法很怪异。不妨设想一下，如果中国媒体跑到你们国家的马路中间采访、阻碍通行，顺带一提，这种行为本身属于违法。

 

ricardosy5247
I noticed that too. He is Stephen McDonell in the making. Also an Australian.

我也注意到这点。这人有斯蒂芬·麦克唐纳那股作风，他同样是澳大利亚人。

 

kayleekayt3306
I hear that it feels weird to you. But i think at least europeans wouldn't bat an eye in a big city if there's reporter randomly doing strange stuff - i mean maybe some people would be yelling at them but they would be yelling at something else if the reporter wasn't there. What we Berliner are annoyed by is streets being blocked of legally and turned into film sets or by our own construction sites.

我理解你会觉得怪异。但在欧洲大城市，记者做出一些出人意料的举动，当地人大多习以为常。就算有人呵斥记者，就算记者不在场，他们也会因为别的事发脾气。我们柏林人真正反感的，是道路依法封锁、被改成影视拍摄场地，或是随处可见的施工工地。

 

xgguo3531
When western media still talks about cheap labor for low price products made in China, ABC journalist shows in this video that the factory is full of robots instead of low paid workers.
Is it a big surprise to audiences?

西方媒体还在老生常谈，说中国制造依靠廉价劳动力生产低价商品。但澳大利亚广播公司记者去中国看了后发现，工厂随处都是机械臂，早已不再依靠低薪工人。观众看到这一幕，会不会大吃一惊？

 

vincentone6260
China spent $230 billions and built a now world leading EV industry. Australia spent more than that and will get a few 2nd-hand subs. It is not the amount of money that matters.

中国投入2300亿美元，打造出如今全球领先的电动汽车产业。澳大利亚投入的资金数额更高，到头来只换来几艘二手潜艇。资金多少并不是关键。

 

Simulation.C.C
Their government is smart, completely opposite of the idiocracy that is in the US.

中国决策十分明智，和美国这群缺乏远见的执政者形成鲜明对比。

 

joshua5056
And those subs are suppose to protect Australia’s trade routes from the threat of China while China is Australia’s biggest trading partner. You can’t even make this shit up.

打造这些潜艇，宣称是抵御所谓中国威胁、守护澳大利亚海上贸易航线，可中国恰恰是澳大利亚最大贸易伙伴。这种离谱剧情，编都编不出来。

 

JHunt-q6s
I suspect we won’t be getting subs, just their nuclear waste dumped here….the proposed waste site with Canada was cancelled

我怀疑我们最后根本拿不到潜艇，反倒会迎来别国倾倒的核废料。此前和加拿大合作规划的核废料存放点项目已经取消。

 

Adampenklis1
Do you have amnesia we tried to set up an EV initiative with Labor but people got scared it would ruin the weekend. Subs is a seperate issue.

你是忘了吗？工党曾经尝试推进电动汽车相关计划，结果民众担心影响日常生活而抵触。潜艇项目和这件事要分开看待。

 

eddyng6067
you are dead right, Australia doesn't need those nuclear submarines , Australia needs ordinary submarines for defending not offensive type of submarines. Australian government should support Holden car industry rather than buying those white elephant nuclear submarines.

你说得完全正确。澳大利亚根本不需要核潜艇。本国只需要常规潜艇用于国土防御，而非进攻型装备。澳政府本该扶持霍顿汽车产业，而不是采购这些华而不实的核潜艇。

 

williamwatitwa3534
No Chinese city wants to be know as the " new Detroit"

没有一座中国城市，愿意被称作“新底特律”。

 

alvinlyon8244
Likely neither do most American cities LOL

估计大部分美国城市也不想，哈哈。

 

Anolaana
Hefei looks way cleaner and not polluted at least.

至少看上去，合肥整洁得多，没有严重污染。

 

robinhodgkinson
My first trip to China was in 2009. I remember Beiing on a bad day - my first experience of serious air pollution which after New Zealand was a real shock. Now I go back and the change is unbelievable. 17 years in China is like 50 years everywhere else! The cities now feel like our future.

我2009年第一次来到中国。还记得北京空气质量糟糕的时候，长期在新西兰生活的我，第一次见识重度空气污染，深受震撼。如今再度到访，变化令人难以置信。中国十七年的发展，堪比其他国家五十年！这里的城市面貌，预示着未来的模样。

 

kanchanbandyopadhyay8477
Agree - I still recall being unable to see a metre outside my window due to the pollution and masking up to try and minimise the PPM2.5s.

我十分认同。我还记得曾经污染严重的时候，窗外一米开外都看不清，出门只能戴上口罩，减少吸入PM2.5颗粒物。

 

jamesn-guyen8312
The reason western media like to walk in the middle of traffic in China is to make a huge scene when the police tell them to get off the road.

西方媒体总爱在中国车流中央行走采访，目的就是制造冲突场面，等着警察上前劝离，借此大做文章。

 

greasybrownie
Glad ABC is there! I still have family who talk like China is still a backward, polluted dystopia
It's still got its issues but it's progressing unbelievablely fast compared to the US in particular

很高兴澳大利亚广播公司能前来实地拍摄。我不少家人还以为，中国依旧落后、污染严重，到处压抑不堪。中国的确存在各类问题，但发展速度快得惊人，尤其是对比美国而言。

 

Simulation.C.C
that is all US propagana they are hearing. China is the only country unfazed by the Iran war oil crisis now. It's actually the US that is backward and don't even have high speed rail.

他们听到的全部都是美国宣传话术。当下伊朗冲突引发石油危机，中国是少数不受太大影响的国家。真正发展滞后的其实是美国，连高铁系统都没有。

 

PaulMark1962
I have been to China in the early 2000’s, I am heading back there for a holiday with my wife in a few weeks, I can’t wait!

本世纪初我去过中国。几周之后，我就要和妻子重返中国度假，我已经迫不及待了。

 

JM-gz1ej
You can love or hate those cars, but you can't deny the fact that the more you refuse to embrace the trend the further you are being left out.

无论你喜不喜欢这些新能源车，都无法否认一个事实：越是抗拒这股发展潮流，就越会被时代甩在身后。

 

jameswang9476
I am Chinese Australian, very glad ABC reporter watch Chinese EV without any bias.

我是澳籍华人，十分欣慰这名澳大利亚广播公司记者，能够不带偏见地看待中国电动汽车。

 

NormanMoffatt-t7k
I move from Australia to China 14 years ago, in those 14 years I've seen massive change, my first trip to Beiing was a month after I arrived here, the air pollution was nasty, now when I go there the place is pollution free, EV's and the government have contributed to Beiing's clean air. I did fall into the trap of trying to educate people about China and explain that the view they have about China is propaganda generated, so I changed my response to the anti-China negativity, by just saying, come and see for yourself, then you can make an educated judgement.

十四年前，我从澳大利亚移居中国。这十四年间，我亲眼见证翻天覆地的变化。抵达中国一个月后，我第一次前往北京，当时空气污染十分严重。如今再去，空气洁净许多。新能源汽车以及相关政策，为北京空气质量改善贡献巨大。以前我总想着耐心向旁人讲解真实的中国，告诉大家他们的认知都来自片面宣传。面对各类负面论调，现在我只会说：亲自过来看一看，才能做出客观理性的判断。

 

conradgibbevtorque7953
It’s a no brainer, Australia needs to get of the gas and capitalize on our natural resource the sun and use EVs. Instead of importing fossil fuels.

道理显而易见，澳大利亚应当摆脱天然气依赖，充分利用本国丰富的太阳能资源，普及电动汽车，减少化石燃料进口。

 

koenmeloenable
Can't believe an Australian broadcaster has something positive to say about EVs

不敢相信澳大利亚的电视台，会说出有关新能源车的正面评价。

 

SteveZhou-xe3fe
It's glad to see that Western media is increasingly reporting on China objectively without ideology

很高兴看到越来越多西方媒体放下意识形态偏见，客观报道中国。

 

apeacefulwhale
I know our media has been shutting our eyes to China for the past two decades, if you just live their for a couple of months, you’ll realise many cities in China have “silent” roads since most of the vehicles are EVs…that’s China’s big achievement on their mega infrastructure builds all over the country and pushing the clean and green tech to be used in their daily life.

过去二十年间，本国媒体一直在刻意回避中国真实面貌。只要在当地生活几个月就能发现，中国不少城市道路安安静静，路上大多都是电动汽车。这正是中国大规模基建布局、推动绿色清洁能源走进日常生活取得的重大成果。

 

bmk8018
Anyone with a passing familiarity with the history of government policies in the West knows that all Western countries, at one point or another, have subsidized or bailed out particular industries... even outright nationalizing some. Your views on the politics and economics of such policies aside, I don’t get this pearl-clutching over China doing the same thing that we did. I think what frustrates the Western elite is that China’s political system gives it a huge advantage, with the ability to mobilize the economy, steer it in specific directions, and experiment with bold, nimble policies that we simply can’t match because our political structure doesn’t work that way. I’m not saying that’s inherently good or bad—there are trade-offs either way—but when pundits talk about catching up with China, there’s often a hint of jealousy, knowing they can’t actually make it happen because the political system is too sluggish and held back by rent seekers.

稍微了解西方政策发展史的人都清楚，西方国家都曾扶持、救助特定产业，部分行业甚至直接收归国有。暂且不谈这类政策背后的政治与经济利弊，我无法理解，西方国家自己做过同样的事，却对中国这么做大惊小怪。西方精英真正介意的是，中国体制具备巨大优势：能够调动经济资源，引导产业发展方向，推行灵活大胆的政策。西方现有政治框架，根本做不到这点。我不评判两种模式孰优孰劣，两者各有利弊。但各路专家嘴上说着要追赶中国，言语间常常流露嫉妒。他们心里清楚，本国体制效率低下，又被利益集团拖累，很难达成目标。

 

nae-nae-99
While e-bikes and e-scooters have quality problems leading to fires, the EVs don't.
Traditional ICE vehicles are 20 to 80 times more likely to burn or explode than EVs. That said, if a lithium EV burns, there's problems with toxc fumes, but that's mostly solved with the new sodium EV batteries.

电动自行车、电动滑板车的确存在质量隐患，容易起火，但电动汽车没有这类问题。

传统燃油汽车起火、爆炸概率，是电动汽车的20至80倍。不过锂电池电动汽车起火时，会产生有毒烟气，新型钠离子动力电池基本解决了这个难题。

 

atonshonra
Australian Government chose America over China. Just look at what America is currently doing compared to China.
I think they made the wrong choice.

澳大利亚政府选择靠拢美国，疏远中国。对比当下中美两国的行事方式就能看清，我认为这个选择大错特错。