“In short, Detroit is drifting further and further from the starter car, while factories in China are specializing in it. Just don’t expect the latter to solve for the former anytime soon.”

https://archive.ph/xYi2U

There is a bit of union blaming in the article, but it is an overall good article. Basically import taxes, tariffs, and anti-Chinese political sentiment prevent us from having sub $20k EV car.

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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    479 months ago

    They had a story on the news about “Chinese electric cars going to waste! Inept Chinese government over produces electric cars!!!1!!”

    Lmao can’t make this shit up.

    • BynarsAreOk [none/use name]
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      189 months ago

      I saw one but turns out it was those ride share startups going bankrupt and their fleet of hundreds of EVs needed to be stored somewhere as a result.