The European electric vehicle industry is set to welcome a new inexpensive EV from China’s BYD Co. next year, reportedly pressuring automakers within the continent over new competition.

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    6 months ago

    And all it took was state subsidies and slave labour.

    Puts me in a weird position because car prices are insane, but I also don’t want to support a genocidal regime using slave labour and is purposely undercutting foreign industries in order to kill them, with the long-term goal of ramping up prices and having the west be even more reliant on China.

    We’ve seen from Germany/Russia that becoming dependent on a hostile state is a disaster waiting to happen.

    I’ll just stick to my ancient Octavia for the time being, thanks.

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      6 months ago

      It also took lethargic European car makers who rather lobby for combustion engine cars than go with the times