The Chinese auto worker is paid more than a Mexican one. Difference is the Chinese companies aren’t afraid of automation, and it has given them a financial cushion to develop better cars.

Tariffs aren’t the answer… I’ve seen some of the newer French cars and they look really amazing. They are an example of when companies have to compete in a free market.

Tariffs just hand the Chinese an even larger lead.

This will have the effect of people buying far fewer cars because the options are fewer and far between then moving to micromobility.

Politicians be like

Yeah I find it a ridiculous parallel I recently saw an article that put a number on Chinese EV subsidies and it seemed extremely low compared to the barrels of money we’ve been giving the oil companies.

It is massively clownish though because as the barrier to entry goes up higher everyone will just switch to micromobility which is built mostly by the Chinese

Hosting a forum costs money, and we ain’t got that

I really hope Librewolf will keep on if Mozilla enshittifies

Not assembled in America, just in general giving them a low ceiling would be good for the customer, and it wouldn’t directly compete with any of the US automakers gigantic SUV

They are subsidized at a quarter of what we subsidize oil.

This right here… The fact that Xpeng can produce and sell the MONA for $17k should be a wakeup call to US companies. Even just a simple EV without all the bells would be amazing… We don’t want perfect we just want drivable. Legacy needs to focus on overall efficiency in addition so they can squeeze the most range out of smaller battery packs.

My stance on Chinese cars is to have no tariffs on models that are $25kMSRP or less this disincentives them from overly marking them up.

I would buy a Wuling MiniEV, or a Bingo

And I will support Trump if he promises to ditch fossil fuels by 2027

That isn’t George clooney… That is Jurge Clooners

The issue I’m seeing here is that there isn’t anything to protect legacy auto does not make a product that is remotely comparable

Well they have to first compete… I have yet to see a good under $25k mass produced EV

Oh so that is what that was… I walked by it several times

Force them to commit or repeal Chinese tariffs

I really hope it leads to something no energy loss for regen would be GOAT