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Canada proposes 100% tariffs on Tesla, I have an alternative: open the door to Chinese EVs (electrek.co)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I imagine China is subsidizing the R&D of their EVs while American car companies are trying to recoup those costs

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Every major country subsidizes R&D. That's what federal research grants are all about. The NSF, NIH, etc do exactly that.

    Other US subsidies on EVs aren't specifically restricted to R&D but US companies could apply it to that, if they want.

    edit: typo

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Definitely related. EVs are relatively new technology and internal knowledge for engineering R&D, materials, and manufacturing infrastructure all have to be spun up. All this, and you need marketing/planning folks to decide on what sort of vehicle will sell the best against their engineering capabilities.

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