Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoFormer GM Executive: BYD cars are good in terms of design, features, price, quality. If we let BYD into the U.S. market, it could end up destroying american manufacturerswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square311fedilinkarrow-up1716arrow-down113file-text
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minus-squarejaek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-212 hours ago China builds cars using massive government subsidies, slave labor, and local resources that aren’t available to anyone else in the world Why are Japanese and Korean cars also better/cheaper than American cars then? Slave labor Citation needed Massive government subsidies The US doesn’t massively subsidise auto-makers? But yeah china bad
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·44 minutes ago Why are Japanese and Korean cars also better/cheaper than American cars then? They’re not cheaper than American cars. Go price some out. Citation needed https://www.reuters.com/world/canadas-trudeau-suggests-china-uses-slave-labor-lithium-production-2023-04-28/ The US doesn’t massively subsidise auto-makers? China subsidizes Chinese companies. The US gives subsidies to manufacturers from all over the world via tax credits to buyers.
Why are Japanese and Korean cars also better/cheaper than American cars then?
Citation needed
The US doesn’t massively subsidise auto-makers?
But yeah china bad
They’re not cheaper than American cars. Go price some out.
https://www.reuters.com/world/canadas-trudeau-suggests-china-uses-slave-labor-lithium-production-2023-04-28/
China subsidizes Chinese companies. The US gives subsidies to manufacturers from all over the world via tax credits to buyers.