On one hand allowing obviously superior and cheaper Chinese EVs into the states at MSRP would obliterate the automakers which are one of the last bastions of organized labor. On the other hand getting cheap EVs into people’s hands is the outer limit of viable climate change action in this treat demon settler country.
EVs aren’t a viable way to address climate change; overall primary energy use needs to decrease and EVs are still a very, very energy-intensive form of transportation. Organized labor will be a necessary component of any attempt to address climate change beyond offering people better treats.
It is however ridiculous because the dems have created a system where only affluent people can afford EVs; they’ll pat them on the back and assure them they did their part to save the planet. Now if only the poors trundling along in their aged gasmobiles could get their shit together.
USA: We want you to embrace capitalism you God damn commie bastards!
China: Ok here’s a load of cars we’d like to sell you.
USA: No not like that!
Also all this nonsense about undercutting due to state subsidy. That’s exactly what the USA has been doing for years. However in China that money actually makes things cheaper. Rather than helping make profit for share holders.
while forcing the third world to adopt free market neoliberalism at all costs