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1 in 4 cars sold in China in 2022 were EVs, and China has more than 50% of global share of EVs. Anecdotally, even with Chinese cars that aren't EVs, it's pretty rare to see the massive trucks or SUVs that are more common in the US, though they do exist. Also if you look at total car ownership per capita, China (226 vehicles per 1000 people) is well below the US (908 vehicles per 1000 people).
to add anecdotal evidence to your stats, i was at the movie theater the other day and literally half the vehicles there were large trucks, most without a scratch in their bed. massive amounts of resources dumped into deadly people movers and the infrastructure that has to support them.
I'm not sure I've ever actually seen a truly big truck that gets used for anything productive. The trucks that are actually used for real work all seem to be non-fancy mid or small size pickups.
interesting stats, thanks for the information