The recent surge in fuel prices due to the war in Iran has spurred demand for electric vehicles around the world, and Chinese car makers are making the most of the opportunity.
Trump is training the world in how to live without us. Congrats!
Cheeto Benito inadvertently doing more to drive renewables and electric cars than any previous incentives definitely isn’t something i had on my bingo card.
The whole world is starting to find out that they can thrive without the usa, now that they have to (unless they kiss the ring). Fuck, it’s just like Stephen King’s novel “The Stand”.
Yes. But as an American I want to thrive with byd here!
They’re just better electric cars than what we can get…
We can’t even get those small Japanese trucks
My area in NE Florida is swimming in those little Trucks and Vans. My daughter is nearing driving age and really wants one of the Vans.
Canadian here who wouldn’t mind trying a BYD.
Isn’t there another post where it shows the cars in the USA are spying on you, triggering an alarm when it detects that you are tired and what not “technological advancements” they put in them?
Hey China, you are welcome to sell me your clean cheap car!
Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027
Not quite, but almost
Not only do Chinese (and Korean) cars beep at you when they think you’re tired, they are louder, more annoying and more difficult to mute than other brands.
Plus most of them have a screen with the face of an AI assistant on the dashboard, it seems to be almost standard in China.
But I truly want them here. I work in the automotive industry and yeah, they’re scared shitless. However, from my point of view it seems like a greed thing. It would drive competition hard and that would mean short to medium term r&d cost increases.
We are so fucking far behind it’s not even funny. Shutting out the competition is just putting our head in the sand. It is time to get into gear.
I think the rest of the world is getting there too.
We know
Here ya go
Dude. Where’s the NSFW tag?
So glad that Biden decided that protecting Elon Musk’s financial interests was more important than Americans having affordable electric cars.
Every centrist who rails against tariffs but makes excuses for Biden’s protectionism is a massive hypocrite.
That’s what tariffs are for. There is no contradiction and no hypocrisy.
Nobody is against tariffs as a concept, every country protects some industry that is deemed critical (like agriculture) with tariffs and trade barriers. What people complain about are wholesale, generalized tariffs on everything from everywhere based on a ChatGPT suggestion.
Protecting a key industry like electric car manufacturing using tariffs is fine, using tariffs for everything because you just learned the word, is not.
Protecting a key industry like electric car manufacturing using tariffs is fine
We can’t have affordable electric cars because Biden wanted to protect Elon’s profits.
That’s fine by you.
Targeted temporary tariffs work best when you’re trying to develop an industry to catch up, such as Biden’s EV tax incentives to more quickly grow a larger market, infrastructure spending to speed buildout of chargers, manufacturing incentives to help legacy automakers transition, and a years long transition that manufacturers could plan around.
You’re giving biden the benefit of the doubt. You trust him.
I see a man who spent an entire year knowingly selling weapons for a genocide. I do not trust him. I do not give him the benefit of the doubt. As far as I’m concerned, the tariffs were to protect the business interests of the nazi Elon Musk alone, at the expense of the American people.
If centrists wanted me to be more charitable toward their wing of the party, they had their chance in 2024 to abide by the Leahy law. They chose genocide instead, and that choice defines them.
Ah yes, the single issue person coming to move the goalposts
I was explaining why I don’t ascribe benign motives to biden’s actions.
I never said my opinion about that, just said what tariffs are for.
Obviously protecting an industry makes prices go up, that’s exactly the intended effect.
The intended effect was to protect a nazi’s business interests at the expense of Americans. Mission accomplished.
Among others. Ford, GM, Rivian, Lucid, etc.
The important thing is that electric vehicles remain a luxury commodity.
False. You can get a Nissan Leaf, a Chevy Bolt or an eGolf for under 5k.
Luxury electric vehicles remain a luxury commodity, sure.
LOL but why in the world would BYD say such a thing?
I think the question is not whether a company can thrive without Usa, but rather whether Us americans can stand such a statement.
As can we all.
It’s so pink. I want it!
Once again, this news makes the man happy.
Ah, I see that the 50-cent army has fucking arrived, too.
There’s alot of companies that doesnt sell a single thing to the US market, that makes millions.
I think we’ll be okay.
Tesla had pioneer advantage
The Chinese will make better vehicles more efficiently and cheaper
That should make everyone happy
I’m certainly very happy with my Huawei watch. Obviously a totally different product by a different manufacturer, but China can clearly make quality stuff that’s affordable.
Indeed I’ve been using Xiaomi phones exclusively for well over a decade
Not the best feature set maybe but cheap as chips and highly functional
