I can't speak for them, but cars and EVs in particular have their issues. And I say this as an EV owner. The biggest issue I have is battery volatility and the trouble of putting out an EV if they catch fire, which generally seems to be mostly a risk in higher speed collisions. It's a huge infrastructure hurdle for our firefighters.
That being said, necessity breeds innovation, the more common EVs become, the more people that will be working on a solution.
Competition from Chinese EVs are only going to be a good thing for American buyers. Why the hell are most longer range EVs $40k or more after incentives? Lack of options and lack of competition is my bet. And if you're worried about cheap labor and materials being unfair competition I have bad news, American brands also build their cars in Mexico and purchase materials from dubious sources.
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willow@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 2y
That's when Walmart starts selling its own store brand cars.
solidgrue@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Dat surveillance tho...
remer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Would you rather have an authoritarian government with jurisdiction over your home spying on you or one without power local to you?
solidgrue@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I'd prefer my car not spy on me, either way.
Illuminostro@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Mikufan@ani.social · 2 pts · 2y
Thats scary because they are driving coffins.
RecallMadness@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 2y
Do you have evidence of this, or just “hurr durr China bad”?
BYD sell vehicles all over the world, including Europe which has stringent safety requirements.
GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y
I can't speak for them, but cars and EVs in particular have their issues. And I say this as an EV owner. The biggest issue I have is battery volatility and the trouble of putting out an EV if they catch fire, which generally seems to be mostly a risk in higher speed collisions. It's a huge infrastructure hurdle for our firefighters.
That being said, necessity breeds innovation, the more common EVs become, the more people that will be working on a solution.
Competition from Chinese EVs are only going to be a good thing for American buyers. Why the hell are most longer range EVs $40k or more after incentives? Lack of options and lack of competition is my bet. And if you're worried about cheap labor and materials being unfair competition I have bad news, American brands also build their cars in Mexico and purchase materials from dubious sources.