Comment on Tesla's European car sales nosedive for fifth month as customers switch to Chinese EVs

Pirate@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• sparky@lemmy.federate.cc ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I uh… you sure about that dictator thing? xi jinping enters the chat

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  • Pirate@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you think Xi Jinping is dictating what BYD does then you don’t understand the fundamentals as to why China managed to attract so much foreign investment in the first place.

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    • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Foreign investment was because of cheap labor and companies being subsidized by the communist government…

      BYD might make a better car than Tesla, but saying that a Chinese company isn’t “under the control of Xi Jingping”, the guy who crushed Hong Kong for having too much independence and wants to do the same with Taiwan, is laughable.

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s actually a bit of a myth you know. Labour in China used to be dirt cheap 30 years ago but that’s not the case now. You need experts to build cars and they demand an appropriate salary. They probably don’t get paid as much as they would in the west but they’re not being paid pennies an hour either. However the idea that China is cheap has persisted.

        There’s a reason that Apple doesn’t make the iPhone there anymore. It was getting too expensive ie they were being asked to pay for a decent wage, and they weren’t prepared to.

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      • Pirate@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        but saying that a Chinese company isn’t “under the control of Xi Jinping”, the guy who crushed Hong Kong for having too much independence

        Just take that sentence at face value and consider the ridiculousness of actually believing the guy alone has that amount of crushing power.

        You’re just regurgitating unfounded US propaganda which, being on Lemmy, is very unfortunate to see.

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• Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Watch the RichRebuilds review of Chinese EVs. There is a lot of “make it look good” in their engineering, like massive painted brake calipers…that are a single piston. The cars probably aren’t as quality as other EVs, but the prices, specs, and niche features are very compelling. I’d definitely consider one in the US. Anything that isn’t a Tesla or a massive crossover would be great.

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