The number of companies that are totally on-board with this administration.. they’ve 100% brought them on themselves.
Mjolnir2000 on
Nothing scares capitalists more than competition.
thatfreshjive on
*Industry stakeholders
AbeFromanEast on
You can buy the better Chinese version of a Tesla Model Y for 1/3rd to 1/2 as much. BYD is the world’s largest EV manufacturer because people like their cars, and they’re relatively cheap. Only in America do new cars cost *$75,000.* It’s because tariffs are keeping cheaper imports out, and making the domestic auto manufacturers uncompetitive worldwide because there is no competitive signal to make them change.
double297 on
No… it worries AMERICAN industry experts.
JDGumby on
Those “industry experts” being paid for by US auto companies, of course.
Kinnins0n on
quick! tariff the superior products!
TheElusiveFox on
By industry experts they mean people who want consumers to be stuck in the mindset that if they don’t spend at least 30-50k on a new vehicle they are going to get a lemon.
Eckkosekiro on
US automakers are scared !
isitatomic on
the sector isn’t proactive. it’s reactive.
it was always going to play out this way.
YoungKeys on
Affordable, high quality electric vehicles consumers can start finally buying. Oh the horror
UnknownSampleRate on
These EVs are for regular people, not the “experts,” so the “experts” need not worry their pretty little heads.
Commercial_Wind8212 on
Duh
Walk away from an industry and get mad when others dont
buttgers on
Maybe they should’ve embraced EVs from the onset instead.
boxsterjax on
Good. BYD cars look great imo.
carolinaindian02 on
It would be appreciated if we had an industrial policy towards EV’s – oh wait…
SectorEducational460 on
If they were that horribly bad. The Chinese ev market would crash without any need for tariffs as the countless amount of products beforehand have.
BrofessorFarnsworth on
Good. Maybe it will get Elon’s dogshit off the roads.
TheFoxsWeddingTarot on
Why? The US surrendered and Chinese cars are now better. The market hath spoke.
gutterfreaklabs on
It worries North American car manufacturers who slept on solar to keep sucking oil and gas’s tit.
shiftingtech on
Well, maybe should have thought of that BEFORE you started undermining long standing Canada/US trade deals…
Jandishhulk on
Car industry CEOs should have pushed back harder on Trump’s bullshit. Canada wouldn’t have gone this way if our auto industry wasn’t being threatened. This way we might get some of these companies to build in Canada in the future. Which would be amazing for Canada if the US administration changes and we end up being the supplier for high-demand cars for the US market.
Jbrahms4 on
Damn. Its almost like the war on EVs is putting us behind in a industry that is leading us into the future. I wonder who started that?
Plane_Crab_8623 on
General Motors built an electric vehicle in 1996 as a lark to appease California clean emissions requirements the EV1. It had the lowest air drag coefficient of any design and it was slick. Too slick. Despite favorable customer reception, GM believed that electric cars occupied an unprofitable niche of the automobile market, ultimately reclaiming and crushing most of the cars. Because crushing them was more profitable than selling them. They had the technology from the moon buggy and they were not going to let that out among the population. In 2003, GM terminated the EV1 program, disregarding protests from customers. Thus GM gained the reputation of the company that killed the American electric car.. down with industry experts
omniuni on
There is a non-zero chance that I will find a way to acquire either a BYD or Xiaomi via Canada within a decade.
Ash_Killem on
Automakers in NA have gone insane with pricing. Hopefully this puts them in check a bit.
FarceMultiplier on
Automakers could try not ripping us off for overpriced lemons. That’s the reason why China has strong chances in North America.
RollingThunderPants on
American automakers DESERVE their ultimate destruction. They have CHEATED Americans with their greed and laziness and those companies can fucking choke on it.
jumbocards on
Good… it’s better for consumers
Future-Bandicoot-823 on
It worries the military industrial complex.
We need a healthy ford and gm for their production capacity in case we royally piss off a foreign nation and need a lot of toys :’)
snowcat0 on
It worries US automakers that are making uncompetitive products with a government trying to force them backwards.
larry-mack on
Maybe we won’t have to pay 60k for a 30k car anymore,
Affectionate_Daddyx on
Industries experts are worried they can’t sell heated seat subscriptions now
Coffee_Transfusion on
Why?
Because they might have to actually make a competitive product? How *awful*…
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The number of companies that are totally on-board with this administration.. they’ve 100% brought them on themselves.
Nothing scares capitalists more than competition.
*Industry stakeholders
You can buy the better Chinese version of a Tesla Model Y for 1/3rd to 1/2 as much. BYD is the world’s largest EV manufacturer because people like their cars, and they’re relatively cheap. Only in America do new cars cost *$75,000.* It’s because tariffs are keeping cheaper imports out, and making the domestic auto manufacturers uncompetitive worldwide because there is no competitive signal to make them change.
No… it worries AMERICAN industry experts.
Those “industry experts” being paid for by US auto companies, of course.
quick! tariff the superior products!
By industry experts they mean people who want consumers to be stuck in the mindset that if they don’t spend at least 30-50k on a new vehicle they are going to get a lemon.
US automakers are scared !
the sector isn’t proactive. it’s reactive.
it was always going to play out this way.
Affordable, high quality electric vehicles consumers can start finally buying. Oh the horror
These EVs are for regular people, not the “experts,” so the “experts” need not worry their pretty little heads.
Duh
Walk away from an industry and get mad when others dont
Maybe they should’ve embraced EVs from the onset instead.
Good. BYD cars look great imo.
It would be appreciated if we had an industrial policy towards EV’s – oh wait…
If they were that horribly bad. The Chinese ev market would crash without any need for tariffs as the countless amount of products beforehand have.
Good. Maybe it will get Elon’s dogshit off the roads.
Why? The US surrendered and Chinese cars are now better. The market hath spoke.
It worries North American car manufacturers who slept on solar to keep sucking oil and gas’s tit.
Well, maybe should have thought of that BEFORE you started undermining long standing Canada/US trade deals…
Car industry CEOs should have pushed back harder on Trump’s bullshit. Canada wouldn’t have gone this way if our auto industry wasn’t being threatened. This way we might get some of these companies to build in Canada in the future. Which would be amazing for Canada if the US administration changes and we end up being the supplier for high-demand cars for the US market.
Damn. Its almost like the war on EVs is putting us behind in a industry that is leading us into the future. I wonder who started that?
General Motors built an electric vehicle in 1996 as a lark to appease California clean emissions requirements the EV1. It had the lowest air drag coefficient of any design and it was slick. Too slick. Despite favorable customer reception, GM believed that electric cars occupied an unprofitable niche of the automobile market, ultimately reclaiming and crushing most of the cars. Because crushing them was more profitable than selling them. They had the technology from the moon buggy and they were not going to let that out among the population. In 2003, GM terminated the EV1 program, disregarding protests from customers. Thus GM gained the reputation of the company that killed the American electric car.. down with industry experts
There is a non-zero chance that I will find a way to acquire either a BYD or Xiaomi via Canada within a decade.
Automakers in NA have gone insane with pricing. Hopefully this puts them in check a bit.
Automakers could try not ripping us off for overpriced lemons. That’s the reason why China has strong chances in North America.
American automakers DESERVE their ultimate destruction. They have CHEATED Americans with their greed and laziness and those companies can fucking choke on it.
Good… it’s better for consumers
It worries the military industrial complex.
We need a healthy ford and gm for their production capacity in case we royally piss off a foreign nation and need a lot of toys :’)
It worries US automakers that are making uncompetitive products with a government trying to force them backwards.
Maybe we won’t have to pay 60k for a 30k car anymore,
Industries experts are worried they can’t sell heated seat subscriptions now
Why?
Because they might have to actually make a competitive product? How *awful*…