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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As can we all.
Its amazing what a boon the trump cartel is for China and green energy
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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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Sure wish rich dicks weren't holding back innovation in my country!
"free market".. oops, cept for those things.
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Thankfully I never saw a tesla in person, but I see a byd every day around here.
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
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.
Most Americans would not buy a Chinese car anyway.
I love that Americans pretend to be the most important and competitive market. The combined population of Europe is twice that of the US. South East Asia is 700 million. And the choices in EV's is triple that off the US.
These are the markets Chinese manufacturers are after. These markets accept Chinese cars based on the price, quality and innovation.
They also said that about Tesla, “no new car company can be successful…”
Have you seen Tesla sales since 2025? They are getting out of the car business.
Yeah, even before its ceo came out of the closet as Nazi- after growing to a successful car business they got distracted by new and shiny
But I still think their cars are better technology than anything else in the us, and now cheaper than most. They still have their big upcoming push into semis. They still have most superchargers. They still have a rapidly growing storage business. The cybertruck flop really hurt them and I don’t see how they can afford another.
But ai doesn’t really have a profitably business model yet and humanoid robots are a much bigger gamble with no market yet. This is where a more typical business owner would create new corporate entities so Tesla could become a successful car company while the ceo could try other gambles
Most Americans would jump at the opportunity of the price is right. They might tell you to your face they won't but they will.
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No one cares about population. It’s about gdp.
American media pretends. Americans are just stupid.
Id buy a Chinese car before an American one (as an American).
I wouldn't be so sure about that. If BYD were allowed to import their entire fleet to the US they would be at the top of my interest list on price alone even if the US prices were double what Ive seen in new articles.
I'm personally in need of a new vehicle and everything, both the pickups I need and the passenger cars, are too expensive and has too much shit I don't need installed by default. I'm literally holding my car together with ducktape and bailing wire waiting for the Slate Truck to come out.
I think that if Slate Auto actually pulls off a inexpensive light duty EV pickup, and it proves reliable, it may completely change the landscape of the American auto market. I'm pretty sure that Ford and maybe Jeep will survive, but I'm not sure the others will unless they can start kicking out lower priced vehicles quickly.
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