Boycott US

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[+] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 19 points 6 months ago (1 child)

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

China just makes better and cheaper cars.

Why wouldn't they?
After decades of being the west's factory they'd be stupid not to learn.
And better is just upping the QA more than their western customers (who want the cheapest possible 'cos line must go up).

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[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 3 points 6 months ago

Better is a whole lot more than "upping the QA". The cars here are genuinely innovative and, more importantly, the logistical and fabrication techniques are innovative.

One of the major reasons the big name Chinese EVs are cheaper than their roughly equivalent western counterparts is because the companies are vertical, not horizontal, in their supply chain.

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[–] DGen@piefed.zip 7 points 6 months ago

Yes. I'm aware that they subsidize the shit out of a lot of stuff. They saw the chance and took it. Of course, I'd like to see European cars, as that also means workplaces and plus for our economy.

For a greater time we already compete a lot with Japanese and Korean cars - I mean they build good cars. But in the end it seems more fair. And for what I know is that they also do very good options on the EV market - but will hardly compete with BYD or Xiaomi vehicles.

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[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 1 point 6 months ago

Yes. They're subsidizing so hard that the EVs are dirt-cheap HERE. You know, all those companies running at a loss to sell ... domestically ... while somehow ... innovating.

Compassionate fucking Buddha this endless whining about "subsidies" gets tiresome after a while. Grow the fuck up you idiots and leave the kiddie pool.