• cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 months ago

    Of course there aren’t many people buying EVs when the only ones available in the US are high end luxury models.

    Import a bunch of those cheap Chinese EVs and lots of people will buy them. It won’t hurt the US manufacturers because they don’t produce any budget models.

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      5 months ago

      Import a bunch of those cheap Chinese EVs and lots of people will buy them

      Or start building affordable EVs here.

      Back in the 70s when Toyota, Datsun, Honda etc started eating the big 3’s lunch on affordable fuel efficient vehicles, they responded with smaller cars of their own.

      If they’re not willing to respond to market demand and competition, do they even deserve to stay in business?

      Isn’t that what the “free market” they claim to love enforces?