The tariffs are for Steel and Aluminium, intentionally shifting the discussion to EVs is disingenuous, just like the article.
Comment on Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs
assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 4 months agoThey’re trying to block mexican made Chinese vehicles as well. They don’t want Americans buying cheap evs.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 4 months ago
No, they don’t want the profits getting funneled off to China.
AProfessional@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Thats great for GM and Ford execs. It just means Americans can’t afford cars.
Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 4 months ago
Sure. And - ya know - not funneling money into a totalitarian regime.
sushibowl@feddit.nl 4 months ago
It’s not so much about where it goes, more so the fact that it doesn’t stay in America. This is about saving the American auto industry. Whether it’s for the jobs that would be lost or the profits of the shareholders.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 4 months ago
So what about Tesla, Kia, Hyundai, Nissan, Toyota, Subaru, and all the rest? You say we can’t afford cars yet 15 million new cars are sold every year here. New cars have never been something that just anyone can buy which is why the used market is so much larger.
Selling Chinese EVs here below cost isn’t going to improve anything. It’s just going to put a bunch of competitors out of business and drive wages even further down.
AProfessional@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The cost of cars has not scaled with incomes. EVs are also much cheaper to manufacture yet because of lack of competition they only sell luxury cars. Nissan admittedly tried but I think that was just too early to market with a mediocre product.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 months ago
If you want everyone to switch to EVs you need some that are cost competitive with gas vehicles.