This is nonsense or you are confusing industrial rate with domestic rate
China subsidizes residential power, whereas the U.S. discounts industrial power.
Industrial rates
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Electricity prices for businesses amounted to 11.6 cents per kilowatt-hour on the U.S. dollar in China in April 2026.
The national average retail electricity price for the U.S. industrial sector is 9.77 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) as of July 2026
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Consumer rates
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Average consumer electricity rates in China stand at approximately 0.52 to 0.55 CNY per kWh (around $0.078 to $0.080 USD per kWh)
The average U.S. residential electricity rate is approximately 19.6 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) as of mid-to-late 2026
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China's EV's are cheaper because of vertical integration, dark factories, and razor thin profit margins
Yes chinese factories are a LOT more automated than Tesla
Elon Musk :excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake... humans are underrated
None of Tesla's production lines can compare to the below video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGF1Zwa7324
And attacking them for burning coal is dumb, China burns coal because they have nothing else.
The US burns gas, because the US produces massive amounts of it as a byproduct of oil, there are a limited number of NG pipelines and LNG tankers and they cannot export all the gaas produced from oil drilling. SO they dump this natural gas into regional pipelines sometimes for near zero prices.
A business building EV's in the US would pay less for electricity than a business in China
China subsidizes residential power, whereas the U.S. discounts industrial power.
Industrial rates
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Electricity prices for businesses amounted to 11.6 cents per kilowatt-hour on the U.S. dollar in China in April 2026.
The national average retail electricity price for the U.S. industrial sector is 9.77 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) as of July 2026
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Consumer rates
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Average consumer electricity rates in China stand at approximately 0.52 to 0.55 CNY per kWh (around $0.078 to $0.080 USD per kWh)
The average U.S. residential electricity rate is approximately 19.6 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) as of mid-to-late 2026
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China's EV's are cheaper because of vertical integration, dark factories, and razor thin profit margins
Yes chinese factories are a LOT more automated than Tesla
Elon Musk :excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake... humans are underrated
None of Tesla's production lines can compare to the below video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGF1Zwa7324
And attacking them for burning coal is dumb, China burns coal because they have nothing else.
The US burns gas, because the US produces massive amounts of it as a byproduct of oil, there are a limited number of NG pipelines and LNG tankers and they cannot export all the gaas produced from oil drilling. SO they dump this natural gas into regional pipelines sometimes for near zero prices.
A business building EV's in the US would pay less for electricity than a business in China