Comment on Stellantis CEO says Chinese EVs are ‘possibly the biggest risk’ facing his carmaker and Tesla

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• Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The argument is that it is NOT a free market, because the Chinese cars are subsidized. A Government subsidized company is not free market.

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well frankly Western governments should also be subsidized in electric car production. If they actually want to move towards net zero, like they claim, it would be reasonable to expect them to actually do something to encourage greener technologies. Currently all they’ve done is said that they like it very much, and oh look let’s build one or two wind farms.

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    • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No, EU governments give incentives and tax reductions to EVs. That way all benefit equally.
      USA also has anti competitive regulation like China, but in USA you only get the benefits for cars made in USA or Mexico.
      Of the 3 biggest markets in the world, only EU is playing fair. But all have EV incentives.

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      • HauntingScience@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        There is no “fair” under capitalism. What I read from this is that the EU has failed its citizens on promoting and helping regional brands to compete on the global market.

        When the global market speaks, you can either adapt or do nothing and complain. It’s clear which one is the path the EU is choosing.

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Even in Europe Chinese cars are more popular because they’re affordable.

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  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Capitalists suddenly stop loving corporate welfare when they aren’t the ones benefitting from it.

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  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    How many billions did this not founding member of Tesla did he get from government again?

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  • phoneymouse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Isn’t that what the tax credits are?

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• LightDelaBlue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Be ready for be down voted for say that (it’s true too)

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• kawa@reddeet.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Communists have it so much better, look at N.K., they’re hangong in there good

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