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ericmaytoday at 2:58 PM1 replyview on HN

> And I don't buy the "but China fuels money into their EV industry" either.

Well, you’re wrong. There’s not much else to say bout that.

> And why would I care if Chinese taxpayers subsidize my car? I really don't.

Because it prices the vehicles below points where others can compete. Then they go out of business, and then the remaining winner raises prices. If you are Germany, Japan, or the United States that means lots of bad things for jobs, and starting a new automaker to bring down high prices later is very difficult.

It’s like, who cares if Amazon or Walmart comes in to your country, subsidizes the prices, and then runs all the competition and small mom and pop stores out of town until you have nothing left but Amazon or Walmart. Right?


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epolanskitoday at 3:02 PM

> Well, you’re wrong. There’s not much else to say bout that.

That's an opinion, not a fact.

> Because it prices the vehicles below points where others can compete.

This is way too expensive for something like that to last. The rush to the bottom is already killing so many chinese automakers locally. The idea that they can sustain such a money bleed globally is hard to believe.

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