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smrtinsert • last Friday at 8:06 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

And that is precisely all it is, a demo. Reminder that BYDs are held at bay in an anti free market policy specifically because American car companies cannot compete with its low cost and quality. We're wasting time and money on this type of tech.

This engineering in this demo was only designed o get lucrative government contracts.


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quickthrowman • last Friday at 11:36 PM

Automotive tariffs in the US are explicitly to keep the ability to make military vehicles in the United States. GM, Ford, and Chrysler retooled their factories to make planes, trucks, and tanks during WW II.

https://michiganology.org/stories/arsenal-of-democracy/

Saline9515 • yesterday at 6:55 AM

When all of your industry will have gone to China and you'll have no knowledge and specialised workers left, you'll have only your eyes to cry.