• @HootinNHollerin
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    Government subsidies in order to destroy foreign markets and nurture dependence followed by dominance

    • threelonmusketeersOPM
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      Seems a likely contributing factor. Economies of scale, cheaper labour, and vertical integration probably also play a part. I wonder how long the government subsidies will last?

    • @[email protected]
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      Why do they continue to subsidize and reduce the cost of solar PV after they have already completely destroyed any foreign competition and are the only game in town?

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          Oh, whoops. I figured making a product artificially cheaper to encourage adoption and undercut competition, so much so that the competition became obsolete and customers were entrenched in your product were the first steps of “enshittification”.

          Thanks for your well reasoned rebuttal to my poorly thought comment. I appreciate your enlightened response.

  • I Cast Fist
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    131 month ago

    from the article: mainly because BYD is the second largest battery producer in China, also because most of the car parts are produced by them

    • slazer2au
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      81 month ago

      And corporate welfare. Can’t forget that.

  • @Reddfugee42
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    31 month ago

    Did we really need to invent a new acronym BEV? Is that the differentiate them from the MFEVs, the Mister Fusion EVs?

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      41 month ago

      I think it’s mainly to differentiate them from plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).