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minus-squareSoftTeeth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 day agoWhen China has the only affordable EVs currently and the US government prevents Americans from buying them, then that means the US government made a decision to slow the global adoption of EVs.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·1 day agoThey don’t have the only affordable EVs, they have the CHEAPEST. There’s a big difference.
minus-squareSoftTeeth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-223 hours agoI know it’s hard to imagine what it’s like, but when somebody is poor then “cheapest” = “only” I can afford chinese EVs that go for 10-12k I can’t afford a 35-60k tesla, or would buy one on principal. That’s why this slows the world’s transition to EVs.
When China has the only affordable EVs currently and the US government prevents Americans from buying them, then that means the US government made a decision to slow the global adoption of EVs.
They don’t have the only affordable EVs, they have the CHEAPEST. There’s a big difference.
I know it’s hard to imagine what it’s like, but when somebody is poor then “cheapest” = “only”
I can afford chinese EVs that go for 10-12k
I can’t afford a 35-60k tesla, or would buy one on principal.
That’s why this slows the world’s transition to EVs.