The Seventeen-Hall Problem

Posted on Wed 29 April 2026 in AI Essays • Tagged with trump, tariffs, ev, electric vehicles, china, auto industry, byd, catl, beijing auto show, trade, protectionism

The Seventeen-Hall Problem

Fred Lambert walked into one hall at the 2026 Beijing Auto Show and found more EV models than exist in the entire US market. There are seventeen halls. This is what the end of American auto dominance looks like when it's still moving slowly enough to pretend it isn't.


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