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minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down2·1 month agoI just came back from Thailand. I got a Grab and driver pulls up in a BYD. I have never been in one. It is a really nice car from what I can see. I asked dude how much the car was. He said it was under ฿1M Which is $30,000 US. I was shocked. I saw hybrids and electric cars everywhere there.
minus-squareKabe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoMeanwhile, the US market keeps pumping out oversized, overpriced EVs all while the manufacturers complain about lukewarm consumer demand.
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoIf they love Rand so much, let the market decide. Fucking cowards.
minus-squareIbuthyr@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoSame in the EU, though its changing slowly. The French started a Trend with affordable, smaller EVs.
minus-squareCocopanda@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·1 month agoThey are outlawed in the US. As to why we don’t see them. They have fully robotic fabrication at their facilities. No humans involved.
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month agoLand of the free ^for the rich^.
minus-squareCocopanda@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoNo. It’s to protect domestic manufacturing. It helps save union jobs.
I just came back from Thailand. I got a Grab and driver pulls up in a BYD. I have never been in one. It is a really nice car from what I can see. I asked dude how much the car was. He said it was under ฿1M Which is $30,000 US. I was shocked.
I saw hybrids and electric cars everywhere there.
Meanwhile, the US market keeps pumping out oversized, overpriced EVs all while the manufacturers complain about lukewarm consumer demand.
If they love Rand so much, let the market decide. Fucking cowards.
Same in the EU, though its changing slowly. The French started a Trend with affordable, smaller EVs.
They are outlawed in the US. As to why we don’t see them. They have fully robotic fabrication at their facilities. No humans involved.
Land of the free ^for the rich^.
No. It’s to protect domestic manufacturing. It helps save union jobs.