Chinese EVs (sold through the control of US Auto companies) would offer lower cost EVs for consumers. This will help with adoption of EVs and lower air pollution. This may harm the auto industry somewhat since EVs have less parts and require less labor to build and maintain.
Savard-Lafleur on
it is good for people who want a cheap car but bad for US car companies lol. they just cant compete with the prices from china right now. it is a tough spot for the economy tbh.
autistic_insomniac5 on
Competition is usually good for consumers. The panic over Chinese cars is similar to the concern about Japanese vehicles back in the 80s. The big 3 domestic cars were complete garbage back then and the competition forced them to build better vehicles.
walterwhite1050 on
China has an EV that can go from Chicago to New York and back. On one charge. Then it can recharge in 10 minutes. It can also park itself. It can also float in water if you fall into a river or something like that. Oh, and it sell for $15,000.
cawkstrangla on
Force them to start American divisions and teach Americans to build the cars here. We transferred IP willingly and unwillingly, as well as funded the industrial power house that China has become. Without American money and greed, they would still be a backwater trying to recover from shitty Soviet copycat policies.
Time to transfer some of that new knowledge back. It’s what they do to us for access to their market. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
Long-Emu-7870 on
Why not just give up, throw in the towel, and become England? A once dominant power now reduced to a small, wealthy elite paying others to clean their houses, fix their automobiles and serve them food? The rest can be on welfare, while we take the last return on investments made a generation ago, in a better time, place and yesterday?
Eziekel13 on
Can we get Chinese highspeed railway network instead?
Over the last 15-20 years, they have built 31,000 miles of highspeed rail…the US has 24,000 miles of commuter rail, mostly rented from cargo railways….
Also, they recently developed first highspeed cargo train…when combined with their highly automated cargo ports, shipping logistics are unrivaled… “infantry wins battles, logistics wins wars”
deadend666 on
This would great for American consumers and not so good for American auto companies. But how many times has the American consumer bailed out American auto companies? The American consumer can’t buy a new house, can’t buy a new car, can’t afford medical insurance, and can’t afford to fill a car up with gas.
boner79 on
most our other shit is made in China, so why not cars (assuming the meet strict US safety and privacy criteria). US consumers have no love for US auto industry.
Pjpjpjpjpj on
People have a need to get from point A to point B.
Inexpensive EVs would reduce the cost of accomplishing that for many people (certainly not all) by lowering the cost of acquiring a vehicle, lowering fuel cost per mile, and lowering the cost of maintenance.
Those reduced costs will result in savings for families. For the vast majority of families, that money would then be spent on other needs and/or wants.
The net effect to the economy will be a shift in spending.
To the degree that new spending ends up going overseas (buying a Chinese-manufactured vehicle, buying cheap imported goods of any kind), that will be bad for the US economy. To the degree that spending ends up in the US (taking a US vacation, eating out, hiring a tutor for children, paying for advanced education), that is neutral for the US economy.
Some money may instead go into savings and investments. That takes it out of this year’s spending, but it will be spent eventually.
The US auto industry had the chance to learn from the 1970s but they have instead focused on more profitable and less environmentally restrictive big SUVs and pickups. Like Japan impacted them in the 70-80s, they are set for another hit. But protecting them is just favoring one industry vs letting consumers spend their savings on food and other industries.
Xeiliex on
Instead of this BS argument how about we see if they meet safety standards. I have yet to see any NHTSA testing.
If they are safe then things will work out.
2ManyCatsNever2Many on
what is the concern? the only fear i hear about these comes from big businesses.
**seems like the capitalists are terrified of capitalism**
Bouncingbobbies on
Cool until a conflict between us and china breaks out and the Chinese gov hits the kill switch that will undoubtedly be imbedded in all the cars software lol
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Chinese EVs (sold through the control of US Auto companies) would offer lower cost EVs for consumers. This will help with adoption of EVs and lower air pollution. This may harm the auto industry somewhat since EVs have less parts and require less labor to build and maintain.
it is good for people who want a cheap car but bad for US car companies lol. they just cant compete with the prices from china right now. it is a tough spot for the economy tbh.
Competition is usually good for consumers. The panic over Chinese cars is similar to the concern about Japanese vehicles back in the 80s. The big 3 domestic cars were complete garbage back then and the competition forced them to build better vehicles.
China has an EV that can go from Chicago to New York and back. On one charge. Then it can recharge in 10 minutes. It can also park itself. It can also float in water if you fall into a river or something like that. Oh, and it sell for $15,000.
Force them to start American divisions and teach Americans to build the cars here. We transferred IP willingly and unwillingly, as well as funded the industrial power house that China has become. Without American money and greed, they would still be a backwater trying to recover from shitty Soviet copycat policies.
Time to transfer some of that new knowledge back. It’s what they do to us for access to their market. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
Why not just give up, throw in the towel, and become England? A once dominant power now reduced to a small, wealthy elite paying others to clean their houses, fix their automobiles and serve them food? The rest can be on welfare, while we take the last return on investments made a generation ago, in a better time, place and yesterday?
Can we get Chinese highspeed railway network instead?
Over the last 15-20 years, they have built 31,000 miles of highspeed rail…the US has 24,000 miles of commuter rail, mostly rented from cargo railways….
Also, they recently developed first highspeed cargo train…when combined with their highly automated cargo ports, shipping logistics are unrivaled… “infantry wins battles, logistics wins wars”
This would great for American consumers and not so good for American auto companies. But how many times has the American consumer bailed out American auto companies? The American consumer can’t buy a new house, can’t buy a new car, can’t afford medical insurance, and can’t afford to fill a car up with gas.
most our other shit is made in China, so why not cars (assuming the meet strict US safety and privacy criteria). US consumers have no love for US auto industry.
People have a need to get from point A to point B.
Inexpensive EVs would reduce the cost of accomplishing that for many people (certainly not all) by lowering the cost of acquiring a vehicle, lowering fuel cost per mile, and lowering the cost of maintenance.
Those reduced costs will result in savings for families. For the vast majority of families, that money would then be spent on other needs and/or wants.
The net effect to the economy will be a shift in spending.
To the degree that new spending ends up going overseas (buying a Chinese-manufactured vehicle, buying cheap imported goods of any kind), that will be bad for the US economy. To the degree that spending ends up in the US (taking a US vacation, eating out, hiring a tutor for children, paying for advanced education), that is neutral for the US economy.
Some money may instead go into savings and investments. That takes it out of this year’s spending, but it will be spent eventually.
The US auto industry had the chance to learn from the 1970s but they have instead focused on more profitable and less environmentally restrictive big SUVs and pickups. Like Japan impacted them in the 70-80s, they are set for another hit. But protecting them is just favoring one industry vs letting consumers spend their savings on food and other industries.
Instead of this BS argument how about we see if they meet safety standards. I have yet to see any NHTSA testing.
If they are safe then things will work out.
what is the concern? the only fear i hear about these comes from big businesses.
**seems like the capitalists are terrified of capitalism**
Cool until a conflict between us and china breaks out and the Chinese gov hits the kill switch that will undoubtedly be imbedded in all the cars software lol