HarryLime [any] to chapotraphouse • 1 month agoI wonder if being the world's most famous groyper has consequences when you own an electric car companyimagemessage-square29 fedilinkarrow-up1130
arrow-up1130imageI wonder if being the world's most famous groyper has consequences when you own an electric car companyHarryLime [any] to chapotraphouse • 1 month agomessage-square29 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareAdkml [he/him]hexbear12·1 month agoAMERICAN car manufacturers are doing that. Which is why we have to have 100% tarries on Chinese EVs. Because they'd kill like two or three different domestic markets. They'd be the most popular electric car, most popular sedan and most popular commuter vehicle. link
minus-squareAntiwork [none/use name, he/him]hexbear7·1 month ago💯 the tariffs aren't even the issue. You could sell Chinese EVs at the same cost as everything else and they still would be #1. It's that they still aren't street legal. link
minus-squareAdkml [he/him]hexbear11·1 month agoBecause we are very careful to make sure they aren't street legal through legislation. The fucking cybertruck is street legal, giant pick up trucks with blind spots lager than children are street legal. link
AMERICAN car manufacturers are doing that.
Which is why we have to have 100% tarries on Chinese EVs.
Because they'd kill like two or three different domestic markets.
They'd be the most popular electric car, most popular sedan and most popular commuter vehicle.
💯 the tariffs aren't even the issue. You could sell Chinese EVs at the same cost as everything else and they still would be #1. It's that they still aren't street legal.
Because we are very careful to make sure they aren't street legal through legislation.
The fucking cybertruck is street legal, giant pick up trucks with blind spots lager than children are street legal.