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Electric models from brands are already appearing in scrapyards in Spain, driving changes in maintenance and the circular economy of the automotive sector.
The presence of Chinese electric cars on the streets of Europe has already become commonplace.
Now, these vehicles are also starting to take up space in scrapyards, a clear sign that they have completed the typical life cycle of any automobile.
Second Marc Cuñat, responsible for parts on the Spanish website Hybrids and Electrics, this is an important milestone:
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"The presence of Chinese models in vehicle treatment centers is a definitive indication that they have become fully integrated into the fleet's life cycle. automaker".
New phase for the automotive recycling sector
The arrival of these models at scrapyards represents a significant transformation for the recycling sector.
This is proof that Chinese electric cars are fully integrated into the market.
For vehicle treatment centers, this change represents both an opportunity and a challenge.
According to experts, electric vehicles offer a similar amount of reusable parts to models with combustion engines.
"In the case of electric vehicles, the number of recoverable parts is quite similar to that of combustion cars.”, reinforces Cuñat.
Logistics and the challenges of Chinese technology
Chinese automakers have been advancing in parts distribution logistics.
In some cases, common components can arrive in as little as 24 hours. However, more specialized parts still face delays that can last weeks.
This slow replacement directly affects the viability of many repairs.
When a part takes a long time or its cost is high, the repair may become unfeasible, as the final cost approaches the market price of the vehicle itself.
Scrapyards reflect the industry’s transition
The growing presence of Chinese electric cars at scrapyards reveals a profound shift in the automotive sector.
Correctly identifying problems, ensuring the supply of parts and acting quickly have become fundamental requirements to keep up with this new scenario.
This transition is also aligned with the search for a more efficient and sustainable industry, connected to the principles of the circular economy.
How China won the global market
In 2024, China became the largest exporter of passenger cars on the planet.
The achievement marks the high point of a strategy that began more than a decade ago, with careful planning and well-defined goals.
The country was already a leader in vehicle production, but now it also stands out in international sales.
Impressive growth in five years
In 2019, China ranked only 15th in the global ranking of passenger car exports.
That year, it shipped around 900 thousand units.
Furthermore, it still imported more than it exported, with more than 1 million foreign vehicles entering the country.
The turnaround began in 2021, when China rose to sixth place.
In 2023, it jumped to second place.
Finally, in 2024, it took the top spot in global passenger vehicle exports.
The accumulated increase in the period was 510%, a significant advance for such a competitive sector.
Exports driven by electric vehicles
Much of this progress can be explained by the focus on electric vehicles.
By 2024, 30% of passenger cars exported by China would be powered exclusively by electricity.
This percentage reinforces China's leading role in the automotive industry's energy transition.
Comparing with data from 2023, China already stood out in this segment, with 34,9% of its exported vehicles being pure electric.
Germany, second in this criterion, had 19,8% of electric cars among its cars shipped abroad.
Competition continues with combustion and hybrids
Os United States continue to invest mainly in combustion vehicles.
In 2023, 83,9% of American exports were models powered only by gasoline or diesel.
Japan, for its part, has a different approach.
Still with low production of pure electric vehicles, the country leads in exports of conventional hybrids, the so-called HEVs.
These models combine a combustion engine with an electric motor, but do not need to be plugged into a socket.
Japanese pioneering in this type of technology began in 1997, with the launch of the Toyota Prius.
China's leadership in exports is the result of a clear strategy: first dominate production and then conquer global markets.
The combination of volume, innovation and focus on electric vehicles has propelled the country's automotive industry to a new level.
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What is the lifespan of a combustion car and an electric car? For both to go to the scrapyard? Which one goes first?
Anyone who was not created with durability, resistance and quality in mind will be scrapped.
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This answer is very simple, it will depend on how you use the car on a daily basis and how maintenance is done and how much you want to spend to keep the car in good condition. The most important point at this point is that the maintenance of an electric car is more expensive than a gas car. Starting with the tires, which in Brazil barely last 45 thousand km.
There are a lot of bloggers who don't understand anything and just repeat what they've heard and keep saying that EV maintenance is cheaper.
Just go and have an EV checked and you will feel it in the most sensitive part, your pocket…
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He doesn't cry much and has no gallantry
Anyone who buys **** becomes a customer of the scrapyard
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkme more kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk, envy kills you know!!!
Jealous of a vehicle that costs more to repair than its market value? No thanks, I'll pass.
Well, friend.
Many haters who depend on the oil industry are worried. I'm tired of spending almost 70 thousand reais a year on gasoline, heading towards 12 thousand a year on electricity.
People are going crazy, this whole mafia is going to end
There is no evil that lasts forever
Brazil will have to follow world markets because they will not produce old combustion cars just for Brazil as supply chains are global nowadays.
Thank you very much my God for changing the course of the world, tired of giving money to this whole mafia just thinking about exploiting others.
May there be more and more electric cars, more and more solar panels and more abundance on the table of the poor who will no longer support this evil market (Oil)
The market is so dirty that they increased the price of alcohol and gas because many people were migrating from gasoline to alcohol, which is ours and should be a maximum of 2 reais per liter, including taxes.
Exactly that
And do you think they won't increase the electricity?
No, I have solar energy in my house and the cost of it has already been paid for, why would it increase?
You are the only one in the world who can supply the charging demand of an electric car with only domestic generation
Well, the more solar panels, the more expensive the energy bill, precisely for the poor people you mentioned. Those who don't have solar panels pay the distribution bill.
It's not quite like that, there was no increase in tariffs due to distributed generation. Even so, the tusdG was implemented, that is, generation pays for fioB, and I guarantee that in the future they will include fioA on the generation's bill, making distributed generation contribute even more to the "maintenance of the system", in quotation marks because the money that should go to network maintenance ends up becoming profit for the distributors and transmitters.
Advice from a poor person who is changing his life: reduce your tastes and invest in things that will generate “income” for you in the future, without the need to pick up a hoe, that is the only way you will escape poverty.
Rich people make their pennies count.
Poor people buy candy.
It is better to depend on the Chinese mafias for components, specific metals for batteries and energy distribution companies, which are also being taken over by Chinese companies all over the world.
Congratulations, you said almost everything!? Goodbye to the **** butchers who only suck Brazilians…!
If the car is a necessity, your arguments about economy may be valid, if not, the ideal is not to have a car, make no mistake, the electric car ends up being as harmful to the environment as the other one in the end and as for the industry's profit, no one is working out of altruism.
Essa foi a resposta mais **** q li até agora .
Envy of what? Of being deceived? Some people like it, even in marriage.
Dude! As if someone who bought a combustion engine car was in a different situation!!! Go to a scrapyard and see how many Fords, VWs, Renaults, Toyotas… are there.
If it weren't for the information on this oil and gas page, I would even trust it, because these people are not at all concerned about the environment, they are only thinking about profit.
And are those who buy electric cars concerned about the environment? I don't think so, if they really were, they would ride a bike that doesn't have batteries and doesn't require heavy mining to extract **** in its manufacture.
Pure demagogy…
Exactly! There are people who miss the opportunity to remain silent.
Hahahaha, you're a joke! The fuel of a car engine comes from minerals extracted from the earth, gasoline and diesel come from oil that spills into the sea and pollutes the atmosphere, lol. The battery of an electric car is recyclable, more than 90% of it, and the rest of the car is made of iron, plastic and rubber, just like everyone else!!!
Start high school at a good school and you will learn how to do energy balance. Then you will learn how to calculate the environmental damage of electric vehicles from cradle to grave.
Onde foi q vc viu isso de bateria de lítio ser reciclável???? Ou melhor , onde foi q se reciclou uma célula individual , uma pilha de lítio. Onde???? A reciclagem até agora se trata apenas dos packs de bateria q tem várias células individuais dentro , se identifica algumas com defeito e trocam , as defeituosas viram lixo , e os packs dão “reciclados”
Ridiculous thought, get a bike and leave São Paulo for Rio de Janeiro, it will be great…
Vc e um gênio que não qr poluir ande de bicicleta. Ela não são feitas de **** pesados as makinas q as fazem não usam chips elas não estão gerando lucro abusivo pros fabricantes. hj em dia tudo polui até o tênis q vc usa e depois joga fora também polui e não vai achando q é pouco pois é bem mais q um carro elétrico c e um carro a combustão mas aí entra o essencial e isso ninguém repara
Well, my friend.
There are a lot of people concerned about this market and they are protecting themselves.
There are gas station owners who want to kill the person who invented the electric car. Countries that buy a lot of oil from abroad, like China and Europe, need to hurry up to reduce this dependence and will cause global production to collapse. Here, we will have to keep up with this change, in fits and starts, too. Always late, as always, lol.
I believe that electric cars in Brazil will be a niche thing for a long time: either the rich who want to be part of the hype, no matter the purchase price. Or the ones who want to work with one paying installments (they will have to go for a BYD or another small car). But there is a lack of infrastructure, when there are no more free charging points, many unsuspecting people will cry.
My friend, does your house have electricity? If you have a problem with charging, it's solved. The Chinese are so industrially and mentally advanced that there are battery exchange stations in the big cities. You don't waste time charging, you pay a small amount and leave with another charged battery, it's that simple.
Brazilians have a habit of rejecting new things, as was the case with alcohol-powered cars in the 80s, today they go unnoticed.
Every year batteries and technologies triple the previous ones… These cars are still under construction… I won't enter this market before 2030.
The stations will replace the pumps with fast charging stations and life goes on.
It's hard to kill someone who died about 100 years ago. The electric car was invented in the XNUMXth century and has already failed twice.
Concern for the environment? Dude, are you crazy?
Did you know that 71% of the planet is occupied by seas? Did you know that Antarctica, deserts and frozen lands occupy another 13%. Did you know that the world's forests occupy another 7%? Do you know how much is left? 6%. This, in the world, is for agriculture, livestock, cities, industries, roads... Get out of this stupid life and go study. You are just being a useful idiot for the leftists. The war is for space for FOOD. Only Brazil has land and can feed the world.
So please explain the cause of global warming.
This may even happen, but there is so much speculation, misinformation and self-interest involved that it is not possible to confirm anything.
But he prefers to plant soybeans to fatten the Chinese pigs.