• Tiral@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    And China subsidizes over 50% of every EV that is exported. It’s called economic warfare, dump a bunch of shit onto a market cheap and destroy everyone elses economy in that area. Chinese EVs aren’t magically “cheap”, they pay workers almost nothing and subsidize the rest.

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        18 hours ago

        We subsidize EV purchases in much of Europe, regardless of where they’re made. That way there’s no economic warfare, you’re not pushing cheap product to drive competitors out of business.

        The Chinese model is designed to kill off competition worldwide so they can eventually raise prices. They can afford to do it because unlike every other country with a manufacturing economy, they can use tax money to do whatever they want without worrying about re-election and also they are the world’s most important trade partner. It’s easier to stop trading with the US or EU than with China.

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          People would vote for a government that gave them cheap electric cars. This has nothing to do with needing to win elections, it has to do with pleasing daddy US and daddy doesn’t want the world to stop using oil. Europe is a US neocolony.

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        19 hours ago

        us, eu wont, because OIL countries funds the political parties , they wont give it up, they will die holding onto it.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      You got a source for those facts?

      You saying the US government has not given Detroit $88B since 2008?