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China’s Electric Vehicles Are Going to Hit Detroit Like a Wrecking Ball (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 39 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do we really want America to become a backwater of bloated, expensive, gas-guzzling cars?

porky-happy yes

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is it not already lol

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They mention it in the article, but the big American auto companies are profitable exclusively because of truck and SUV sales. The question is mainly whether they are able to pivot away from that and how much Biden is willing to protect them from Chinese cars while they try.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

If Biden protects them, they won't need to pivot. They can just coast on market manipulation.

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean they're already trying, their electric cars are ass but they are making them

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago

They're ass because they don't need to try.