Submitted 9 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/7109453
This upcoming competition means that it’s incredibly important for US makers to figure out how to profitably make inexpensive electric vehicles, instead of merely focusing on the biggest most expensive trucks and SUVs
This is going to be another (chicken tax)[en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax] situation
So they’re going to compete against Honda and Toyota, when China is a byword for bad quality and unreliable?
Good fucking luck.
ringwraithfish@startrek.website 9 months ago
Consumers: We want affordable EV US Manufacturers: Nah
China: Hold my beer
Maybe this will get US-based manufacturers to get their heads out of their asses.
ramble81@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Realistically it’ll just cause increased teriffs on imports or they’ll find a “national security” reason to block them.