American car makers famously unsubsidized and holding up their own pants.
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IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 1 month agoIt’s not a free market.
BYD is heavily subsidized .
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ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
The oil industry is famously completely independent from government subsidy. Especially when it comes to setting urban development policy and planning transportation systems, these have no bearing at all oil demand and they also cost nothing.
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Compared globally? Yeah mostly so.
What subsides do US cars get that other countries don’t have similar programs?
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Pretty sure big oil and car companies have been bailed out by the US government in the past. Plus america designs most of its cities so that you need to own a car. Seems like both markets are equally “free” at the end of the day.
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 1 month ago
A one time loan which made money is hardly a subsidy by comparison to China right now. That’s an absurd comparison. Apples to oranges. Hell apples to baseballs.
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There is also CAFE standards that made small, effecient vehicles require extremely high emissions standards while allowing looser standards for larger, less effecient vehicles. Effectively limiting foriegn market influence while increasing both the price and size of the average vehicle on American roads.
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s not a competitive subsidy though. Anyone can and don take advantage of those emissions. The US does not have access to China subsidized materials or labor to compete in that market.
BYD could build here and take advantage of that.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
The majority shareholder at GM is the US treasury.
One of the majority holders at Stelantis is their workers’ union.
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