• Pretzilla@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    They are propped up with slave labor and other CCP human rights atrocities, and are a huge electronic monitoring security risk is primarily why.

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      7 months ago

      a huge electronic monitoring security risk is primarily why.

      No it’s not. The primary reason is US EV makers (namely Tesla) can’t compete with companies like BYD on price.

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          Because they make their own batteries. They were originally a battery manufacturer, it’s still a large part of their business. Their batteries are very good, even Tesla was using BYD batteries in their Model Ys in Europe, until recently. They also have access to China’s significant domestic manufacturing infrastructure and relatively cheap labor, and they receive subsidies from the Chinese government.

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        7 months ago

        You skipped the ‘slave labor and other CCP human rights atrocities’ part when you quoted. ‘primarily’ refers to all of the above.

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          The human rights violations are not the primary reason. The idea that the US Federal government gives a rats ass about human rights violations is laughable.