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While Washington and Tehran are busy playing “who can bankrupt their treasury faster with cruise missiles,” a Chinese electric scooter maker is cashing in on the chaos like a degen dolphin buying poots on dino juice at 3:55 PM.

Yadea, the world’s largest producer of battery-powered two-wheelers, just reported overseas sales tracking 70% higher than last year. The secret sauce? The Strait of Hormuz closure has sent dino juice prices to the moon, and suddenly everyone from Bangkok to Bogotá realizes that paying $100 to fill a tank is less fun than buying a scooter for $500 and charging it with the same enthusiasm you’d have for a Cathie Wood podcast.

“Customers are asking if we can advance their orders,” Yadea’s senior VP Wang Jiazhong told the Financial ​Times, probably while riding a prototype scooter through a factory that smells like hopium and battery acid. “I need to speed up the shipments.” ​The company is now targeting 450,000 overseas vehicle sales this year, up from 310,000, and plans to add 10,000 sales points globally.​

The founders, Dong Jinggui and Qian Jinghong, started with a noodle restaurant where Qian worked from 4 AM to midnight until she weighed under 40 kg. Now they run a company with 100 million scooters sold in China — which is basically the vehicular equivalent of having a portfolio that’s 100% MicrosTragedy calls: massive exposure, questionable diversification.

But here’s the real comedy: Yadea sees Africa as a growth market because electric scooters can charge phones during blackouts. That’s right — in a continent where electricity supply is as reliable as a Jim Cramer stock tip, they’re marketing scooters as backup generators. Because nothing says “we’re saving the planet” like using a lithium-ion battery to power your TV while the grid is down.

The only thing more reliable than financial repression is a Chinese manufacturer profiting from Western geopolitical incompetence. ​The only safe trade? Long Yadea scooters, short your gasoline budget. The Iran war just made e-mobility the ultimate BTFD play — and this time the dip is in the Middle East.

The latest data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that consumer prices rose 3.8% year-on-year in April, the highest level since May 2023. As the cost of living climbs, low-price shopping apps have surged in popularity — Shein’s weekly downloads rose by as much as 134%, while Temu’s downloads grew by 196% and 235% in the following two weeks respectively. AliExpress and cashback platforms also saw concurrent growth, as users cut spending budgets and shift toward budget-friendly channels. 

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