▲ 14 ▼ Chinese companies are taking over the EV market. What’s behind their meteoric rise? (theconversation.com) submitted 1 week ago by Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone [M] to c/environment@aussie.zone 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments The interplay between climate goals and maintaining some sort of geopolitical agency is getting very complicated.
[–] TheHolm@aussie.zone -5 points 1 week ago (1 child) No standard will save us from China turning every car they made to killing machine when time is right. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone [S] 3 points 6 days ago I mean, I feel like this statement is a bit Transformers-like, but I think the sentiment is in the fair place. Get 50% (compelling number pulled from my arse), of a nation's automotive stock under your control and simply bricking them would turn them into killing machines though suddenly stalling that nation's ability to function. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone [S] 3 points 6 days ago I mean, I feel like this statement is a bit Transformers-like, but I think the sentiment is in the fair place. Get 50% (compelling number pulled from my arse), of a nation's automotive stock under your control and simply bricking them would turn them into killing machines though suddenly stalling that nation's ability to function. permalink fedilink source parent