Even with the new 100% tariff on electric vehicles imported from China, BYD would still have the cheapest EV in the US. According to a new report, BYD’s lowest-priced EV would still undercut all US automakers at under $25,000.
After discontinuing the production of vehicles powered entirely by internal combustion engines in March 2022, BYD has been at the forefront of the industry’s shift to EVs.
Honestly in my opinion it is time to remove all tariffs on EVs under 25k and let anyone who wants to fill that slot in. American car manufacturers refuse to fill the market need.
Are these cars capable of passing U.S. automotive safety rules? Or is this argument moot because they can’t be legally used on U.S. roads?
We talking about the same “rules” that allow regular Class D license holders to drive a 40 ft RV with no additional training? Or perhaps the same rules that allow Cybertrucks to even exist on public roads?
Americans love to talk shit about safety standards when they don’t even exist at home
They’re talking about making Chinese drones, including hobby drones, illegal. I’d be amazed if they did that while letting a compute node on wheels drive 15k miles yearly in America gathering data and phoning home.
Why are we ok with domestic manufacturers doing this though
Well, I agree with you, but china is a military threat to the US and its allies. Look at what happened in Lebanon today. The CCP would definitely use commodity technology to assassinate people.
You would be the first person I’ve heard blaming China for the pager attack.
Edit: yea, it’s way better to baselessly suggest China would conduct a mass assassination
Dude, you’re missing the context completely. It’s an analogy.
Yet the only example is of a western ally pulling that shit.
I have a BYD Seal here in Australia. You yanks are missing out
I’ll take interest when their labor practices are closer to humane and further from indentured servitude.
Yeah say what you want about American cars but at least they’re from unionized factories
American (and european) car makers can’t fill that market need due to higher labour costs and stricter environmental laws.
Also the fact that the chinese government heavily subsidizes electric auto makers skews the market in favour of the chinese manufacturers.
At some point though the benefit of moving away from fossil fuels infrastructure outweighs the labor and strategic protection afforded by tariffs. IMO we are at that point- if we keep on doing what we’re doing for another 30-50 years union jobs probably won’t matter when vast parts of the world become uninhabitable
America owns the fossil fuel industry. That is what all those “invade countries to steal their oil” memes are about.
China is unfairly competing because US auto companies pay billions for share buybacks while Chinese companies don’t.
