• DessalinesOP
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    386 months ago

    What exactly is wrong with a country subsidizing green energy products? Not only that, but making them available cheaply to other countries?

    • @grue
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      176 months ago

      The US Government doesn’t want US automakers to lose market share so that they have plenty of manufacturing capacity that could be retooled to make weapons in case of war.

      • DessalinesOP
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        166 months ago

        The point of trade decisions, is to import products you don’t have enough domestic production to cover the demand for.

        We know that the US auto and oil industries have no sincere desire to build EVs anyway (or any green industry whatsoever), because they did their best to kill their domestic production of EVs in the 90s, and there’s no US industry for solar panels.

        This is all just part of the US’s trade war with China, that is prioritizing the profits of its auto and oil industries over the wellbeing of the environment, and the desires of its citizens for electric vehicles.

    • @Fedizen
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      36 months ago

      it undermines any less subsidized green energy industry which can lead to monopolies in the long run.

    • @SpaceNoodle
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      They’re oversaturating the market with low-quality products. This can be a significant problem when there are safety implications.

      • @joneskind
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        216 months ago

        I’m sorry but this argument doesn’t make sense. Don’t you have safety rules in the US? If the Chinese cars aren’t safe to drive nobody should be authorized to drive them in the first place. If they are safe, no need for tariffs then.

        This decision has absolutely nothing to do with alleged poor manufacturing quality. It’s protectionism, pure and simple.

      • @prashanthvsdvn
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        176 months ago

        Why can’t they just certify cars based on safety and ban unsafe ones instead of blanket ban the entire segment of them. It certainly helps the adoption of EV among masses.

      • @[email protected]
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        16 months ago

        The Chinese cars are probably much safer on the road then the huge pedestrian killing machines built by US manufacturers.