Trump is training the world in how to live without us. Congrats!
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Cheeto Benito inadvertently doing more to drive renewables and electric cars than any previous incentives definitely isn't something i had on my bingo card.
Yes. But as an American I want to thrive with byd here!
They're just better electric cars than what we can get...
We can't even get those small Japanese trucks
My area in NE Florida is swimming in those little Trucks and Vans. My daughter is nearing driving age and really wants one of the Vans.
The whole world is starting to find out that they can thrive without the usa, now that they have to (unless they kiss the ring). Fuck, it's just like Stephen King's novel "The Stand".
Canadian here who wouldn't mind trying a BYD.
You guys either already have them or will very soon. I haven't checked the progress lately, but it's certainly moving forward.
I haven't gotten to the point of actually finding where to get them, but my research so far has told me that the number of cars being imported is limited at least to start, so I'm expecting them to be somewhat hard to get. Makes me wonder if allowing them was more about leverage for deals with the US rather than truly trying to distance ourselves from US reliance.
Yeah, could just be a political move to try and show the US you can do shit without them. Still, good move. I hope you can get one. My wife and I have BYDs, have had them for 3 years, no complaints whatsoever.
Pretty sure they've been doing fine without the US market for years.
(It's going to be interesting to see what happens when BYD sets up dealerships just north of the border, since Canada has given them the okay to import a certain number of vehicles per year.)
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Thankfully I never saw a tesla in person, but I see a byd every day around here.
As can we all.
A huge domestic market is a strong advantage for Chinese manufacturers.
Even if every single country stops buying Chinese cars, they'll still have a base of 1.5 billion potential customers.
With more countries actively partnering with China, this number goes up considerably.
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Tesla had pioneer advantage
The Chinese will make better vehicles more efficiently and cheaper
That should make everyone happy
They have taken over technological lead with EVs a good while ago. Regarding batteries themselcey they always have been in the lead anyway.
I'm certainly very happy with my Huawei watch. Obviously a totally different product by a different manufacturer, but China can clearly make quality stuff that's affordable.
Indeed I've been using Xiaomi phones exclusively for well over a decade
Not the best feature set maybe but cheap as chips and highly functional
Its amazing what a boon the trump cartel is for China and green energy
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BREAKING NEWS: Thing that is happening can in fact happen!
By doubling down on ICE and ultra expensive penis replacement "trucks" the Auto Industry and it's paid up politicians there are basically committing suicide, so sooner or later there will be plenty of room in that market for auto makers with friendly priced electric cars.
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