Fun fact. The biggest electric car manufacturer in the world is called BYD and is... Chinese! Their cars cost about half the price of a Tesla for 150% of the quality.
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I would distinguish the obscene Trump tariffs from the EU. The latter is intended to compensate for Chinese state subsidies. The bigger question is why China wants to exploit its own workers to make cars artificially cheap for foreigners.
Maybe in order to kill the EU car industry for the long run and then jack up prices later. Though that seems like a risky bet. Maybe the EU should just let them.
The quality remains to be seen. I wouldn't trust safety stats from China, nor from the current US government. These new cars will need to drive for a while in the EU to know. I suspect there will be some really safe and durable brands as well as absolute shit that Volkswagened its way through the approval process.
Maybe in order to kill the EU car industry for the long run and then jack up prices later. Though that seems like a risky bet. Maybe the EU should just let them.
The quality remains to be seen. I wouldn't trust safety stats from China, nor from the current US government. These new cars will need to drive for a while in the EU to know. I suspect there will be some really safe and durable brands as well as absolute shit that Volkswagened its way through the approval process.
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