☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agoChina trade deal has Canadians looking forward to cheaper electric vehicleswww.scmp.comexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareHeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·17 hours ago“BUT THE CHINESE WILL SPY ON US” Have you seen what the Yanks have been up to? At least the Chinese cars are inexpensive It’s pragmatism, try it out some time
minus-squareMalyca@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoI wonder if us Yanks can come over the border and buy some too? I want a byd 😭
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 hours ago “BUT THE CHINESE WILL SPY ON US” Have you seen what the Yanks have been up to? I would rather have neither be using my property to spy on me.
minus-squareHeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 hours agoAgreed - my point is that if both are “not great”, except one is cheaper… China wins
minus-squareNik282000@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·44 minutes agoChina uses slavery and genocide to get ahead economically. Maybe we should be avoiding both.
minus-squarebountygiver [any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoThen why are we not investing in making it ourselves?
minus-squareCanIFishHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoIf any car manufacturer thought it was profitable it would happen.
minus-squarebountygiver [any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoif we waited for things to be profitable before making them we wouldn’t have the roads for these cars to drive on
minus-squareCanIFishHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoYou’re conflating infrastructure with consumer goods. Ask Stellantis how well the Dodge Charger EV is going (less than 2,000 units sold).
minus-squareNik282000@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·43 minutes agoBecause stellantis makes shitty vehicles in general.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·15 hours agoOh no, they will watch me driving back and forth to work every day.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·35 minutes agoJesus fuck, this is the shit I heard back around 2006 wrt Facebook.
minus-squareCanIFishHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoShould BYD vehicles be allowed on military bases, or carrying federal employees?
minus-squareHeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·15 hours agothe yanks already do
“BUT THE CHINESE WILL SPY ON US”
Have you seen what the Yanks have been up to?
At least the Chinese cars are inexpensive
It’s pragmatism, try it out some time
I wonder if us Yanks can come over the border and buy some too? I want a byd 😭
I would rather have neither be using my property to spy on me.
Agreed - my point is that if both are “not great”, except one is cheaper…
China wins
China uses slavery and genocide to get ahead economically. Maybe we should be avoiding both.
Then why are we not investing in making it ourselves?
If any car manufacturer thought it was profitable it would happen.
if we waited for things to be profitable before making them we wouldn’t have the roads for these cars to drive on
You’re conflating infrastructure with consumer goods. Ask Stellantis how well the Dodge Charger EV is going (less than 2,000 units sold).
Because stellantis makes shitty vehicles in general.
Oh no, they will watch me driving back and forth to work every day.
Jesus fuck, this is the shit I heard back around 2006 wrt Facebook.
Should BYD vehicles be allowed on military bases, or carrying federal employees?
the yanks already do