alt Hacker NewsThe day Chinese EVs are available in the US market we'll all have access to sub 15k cars perfect for commuting.
Make it a federal law that the cars wifi/SIM card phone home crap needs to be easily removable.
This protectionism around American cars is a hidden tax on everyone of us.
It's cheaper to let Tesla, Ford, etc all collapse and arrange direct social support for laid off workers.
I want a 15k byd. I don't need a 25k Slate.
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I don't think you'll ever see that day considering the bipartisan hawkishness against China.
Laws and regulations around car dealerships are deeply ingrained into state and federal politics. I don't think we will see Chinese or Mexican EVs anytime.
Why do you spend time thinking about outcomes that will never, ever be realized? There is bipartisan support for anti-China protectionism. There is not bipartisan support for paranoid FOSS neckbeard concerns about radios that have been built into most cars since Onstar.
I remember 15 years ago when liberals were absolutely furious at companies relying on Chinese "slave labor" for making shoes cheap and cutting into US wages.
I myself have no strong opinion on the issue, and think protectionism can often be quite bad, but it's weird how things have flipped. Presumably because of reactions to one man's views.
Chinese vehicles are cheap because they're sold under cost. It can't continue to be that cheap and places with a car industry like Europe are crazy to allow them to be sold there.