• @[email protected]
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    845 months ago

    Then China shouldn’t subsidize its manufacturers’ exports while increasing the burden for foreign companies to compete internally. If anyone thinks China cornering the global EV market is a good long term plan, they are naive.

    • FiveMacs
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      315 months ago

      But I really wanted to die driving the suda sa01 ev which boasts features such as; zero crash ratings standards, and no air bags.

      • @[email protected]
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        155 months ago

        Stop whining and enjoy dying from obesity related complications and Healthcare bankruptcy like the rest of us.

    • Hildegarde
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      295 months ago

      The US subsidizes american car companies too. Pot calling the kettle and all.

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        5 months ago

        The Volvo EX30 is based on a Geely platform, made in China, and does well in the EU (won several Car of the Year awards).

        MG (SAIC/Roewe) also has no trouble selling in the EU.

        Chinese manufacturers can make regulatory-conforming cars when the market demands it of them. If the market wants cheap and doesn’t demand safety, they can do that too.

        • @[email protected]
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          75 months ago

          Then the cheap EV’s doesn’t matter if they are not legal.

          And the Volvo was not based on Geely. It was the other way around. They bought Volvo for this purpose exactly.

          But I hope they will make better EV’s for the world. EV’s are generally just better cars, and it’s a clear road to less noise and toxic pollution.

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      China charges nearly double for its EVs outside of the Chinese market. They tend to do what most companies do, charge the highest price that people will still pay. China domestically is the most competitive market in the world, so they have $10,000 high quality EVs, but they don’t have to do that elsewhere and so they don’t.