{"id":45125,"date":"2026-08-14T20:43:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T15:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45125"},"modified":"2026-08-14T20:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T15:43:28","slug":"iran-war-a-boon-for-chinas-e-trucks-fuelling-export-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45125","title":{"rendered":"Iran war a boon for China&#8217;s e-trucks, fuelling export surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->(Corrects &#8220;war&#8221; to &#8220;conflict&#8221; in translation in paragraph 6 quote after clarification from company)<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->By Sam Li and Lewis Jackson<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->BEIJING, Aug 14 (Reuters) &#8211; China&#8217;s exports of electric trucks to other Asian countries have spiked, adding to a surge in domestic sales as higher fuel costs as a result of the Iran \u200cwar accelerate regional electrification.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->China&#8217;s rapid adoption of e-trucks \u2014 from lighter vehicles to tractor-trailers \u2014 has partially shielded the world&#8217;s biggest auto market from the impact of \u200cthe conflict. Now other countries are scrambling to follow.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->In the four months after the U.S. and Israel launched the war on February 28, China&#8217;s exports of heavy e-trucks more than doubled from the same period last \u200byear to 16,823 vehicles. Half went to South and Southeast Asia, with shipments to South Asia up more than fivefold and to Southeast Asia nearly tripling.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->WAR OPENS THE DOOR TO MARKETS FOR CHINESE E-TRUCKS<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->South and Southeast Asia are particularly dependent on the Middle East for oil, and Iran&#8217;s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered some of the biggest jumps in diesel prices, according to GlobalPetrolPrices.com, creating an opening for China, the world&#8217;s largest e-truck maker.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Diesel prices are up 48% in Sri Lanka since the start of the war and \u200c57% in the Philippines, according to GlobalPetrolPrices.com, while the fuel \u2060is 15% higher in China, government data shows.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->&#8220;The conflict has opened the door to these new markets,&#8221; said Zhaoting Yue, vice president of international marketing at Sany, the world&#8217;s biggest maker of electric heavy trucks.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Exports remain relatively small, dwarfed by China&#8217;s exports of cars and \u2060bikes, while regional truck fleets number in the millions. But if growth is sustained and follows a similar arc to e-truck adoption in China, it could make a notable dent in diesel consumption and carbon emissions.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->E-trucks in China have gone from almost zero in 2021 to 30% of truck sales last year, with 140,000 e-trucks sold in the first half of this year. \u200bDiesel \u200buse in China began falling last year.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Sany previously focused on Europe but is pivoting to Southeast Asia \u200band developing cheaper models, Yue told Reuters. In June, the company \u200cshipped its largest single order \u2014 880 heavy trucks \u2014 he said, declining to say where because the contract was private.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->&#8220;Before oil prices rose, buyers in these countries might have needed 28 months to recoup their investment in an electric heavy truck,&#8221; Yue said. &#8220;Now, it takes only 18 months.&#8221;<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Sany expects the war to sustain rapid growth for at least the next year, particularly in Asia, Africa and Latin America, he added.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: none\" data-testid=\"read-more\">\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->FUEL-PRICE SURGE WILL &#8216;FOCUS MINDS&#8217;<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->In the United States and Europe, electric delivery vans are increasingly mainstream, but the rollout of larger e-trucks has been far slower. <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/TSLA\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tesla;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tesla&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"no-affiliate-link link\">Tesla<\/a>, for example, which promised to revolutionise the economics of trucking with its electric Semi almost a decade ago, has dropped its goal \u200cof &#8220;volume production&#8221; of the truck by this year.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->By not burning diesel, China&#8217;s e-truck fleet will save \u200bthe equivalent of 141 million barrels of oil this year, more than 3% of China&#8217;s total and \u200bequal to all its imports from Kuwait, according to the Centre for Research \u200bon Energy and Clean Air.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->By comparison, China&#8217;s e-truck exports in the first half replaced fuel at an annual rate of 1.6 million barrels, \u200cthe Helsinki-based centre estimates.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Hurdles to e-truck adoption include higher purchase prices \u200bfor the vehicles and gaps in charging infrastructure.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->In \u200bAustralia, an e-truck costs about A$500,000 ($350,000), twice the diesel equivalent, although that is quickly recouped by fuel savings that even before the war cut operating costs by as much as 70% compared to diesel, said Daniel Bleakley, co-founder of Australian electric trucking firm New Energy Transport.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; 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