Comment on China's electric cars are becoming slicker and cheaper - but is there a deeper cost?

db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The cost seems pretty obvious TBH…they’re subsidising their car industry to a much higher degree than European and American countriesin order to achieve a greater marker share and by extension control of large foreign car consumer markets.

  There’s of course also the general increased security risk of the Chinese government being plugged in to all the companies making these cars with black box software and always connected to the internet.

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  • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So, basically what every VC-backed capitalist is doing. But we don’t see these constant articles of “But at what cost” for every VC-backed venture

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    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not quiet, the difference is in how excessive it is with Chinese industry compared to VC backed capitalist counterparts.

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      • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        VC-backed OpenAI is the most valuable company in the world and is engaging in massive environmental destruction. The US state just went into cahoots with them to the tune of billions

        VC-backed Uber and AirBnb disrupted multiple estabilished industries for the worst by undercutting them through loss-leading.

        VC-backed Facebook killed or purchased all its rivals and consolidated all social media to the detriment of the whole world.

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