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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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BYD Seal Wins a Japan Car of the Year Award — 1st Chinese Car to Achieve This! - CleanTechnica (cleantechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In what way? American EV subsidies apply to any company that builds cars here whether they're American or not. Chinese subsidies only apply to Chinese automakers.

Germany and the US aren't subsidizing their cars to a price so low that they undercut everyone else in a foreign market. That's the difference.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Subsidies or no subsidies the petrol Volkswagen Taos / Tharu XR cost around $11k in China [1] while 2.5x more in the US [2]

Tesla was once the most subsidised automaker in China [3]

The US is also trying to block Chinese battery companies from operating locally [4]

Also companies like BYD prices its cars multiple times what it sold for locally and are making a huge profit margin from cars sold overseas in Europe.[5]