☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoChina trade deal has Canadians looking forward to cheaper electric vehicleswww.scmp.comexternal-linkmessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1174arrow-down1external-linkChina trade deal has Canadians looking forward to cheaper electric vehicleswww.scmp.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square71linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCanIFishHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoThat will never happen. There’s no business case for it.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoThe Dodge Charger EV is made in Ontario.
minus-squareCanIFishHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 hours agoRecent numbers say 1,947 Dodge Charger EV’s were sold. BYD sold 431K+. Why would BYD build a manufacturing plant in Canada? https://www.theautopian.com/dodge-now-sells-way-more-electric-chargers-than-gas-powered-ones/
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 hour ago Why would BYD build a manufacturing plant in Canada? To avoid tariffs, the same reason Xpeng builds cars in Austria for the EU. Dodge only sold 1900 Charger EVs because they are horrible cars and overpriced.
minus-squareCanIFishHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoOr China could just say ‘remove tariffs or we don’t buy your canola.’
That will never happen. There’s no business case for it.
The Dodge Charger EV is made in Ontario.
Recent numbers say 1,947 Dodge Charger EV’s were sold. BYD sold 431K+. Why would BYD build a manufacturing plant in Canada?
https://www.theautopian.com/dodge-now-sells-way-more-electric-chargers-than-gas-powered-ones/
To avoid tariffs, the same reason Xpeng builds cars in Austria for the EU. Dodge only sold 1900 Charger EVs because they are horrible cars and overpriced.
Or China could just say ‘remove tariffs or we don’t buy your canola.’