America Is Missing Out on the Best Electric Cars: Whatever kind of EV you might want, chances are China has it.
America Is Missing Out on the Best Electric Cars: Whatever kind of EV you might want, chances are China has it.
Whatever kind of EV you might want, chances are China has it.
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It's the result of massive subsidies. When they stop, this market will crash like a house of cards.
16 9 ReplyThose bastards, subsidizing emissions reducing technologies.
31 9 ReplyNot really. It's mainly about gaining market dominance on a technology they think is the future. They'll build them right next to the massive coal plant alongside a million other things they're subsidizing.
12 4 ReplyEven if its not some altruistic reasons, they still are literally subsidizing this emissions reducing technology.
Tho they are also going pretty ham on subsidizing renewable energy too.
11 4 ReplyYou won't be saying that once the market crashes. You'll realize that there are much better ways of spending that money. Like far more practical emissions reducing solutions.
6 3 ReplyHow do subsidies=crash, and what are more effective emissions reductions solutions than renewable energy and electrifying transit?
8 2 ReplyYou’re better off spending it on stuff like mass transit and the like. It won’t just all disappear at some point in the future.
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And we could be doing the same if we ditch big oil subsidies.
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You could say the same thing about fossil fuels in the USA...
12 0 ReplyOr all of the food in the USA. Imagine all agra subsidies stopped. Probably a bigger deal than a EV market disruption.
4 0 ReplyWell honestly we need to stop with corn subsidies. It is used far too much in our food system. Corn sugar just needs to stop.
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Like their housing market right now.
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