Definitely part of it IMO
boonhet
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Enthusiasts (and occasionally virtue signalers) buy EVs without incentives. Average person doesn't want to pay extra for an EV.
car companies have been telling people what their preferences are the whole time.
This IMO holds true for some other things going on in the car industry. The annoying large touch screens in particular. But not people wanting ICE vehicles which tend to be more affordable
Western countries give subsidies to EV buyers, Chinese government gives subsidies to EV manufacturers, including for cars sold overseas. The idea is to drown out competition and then they can drop the subsidies and raise prices.
The tariffs are protection from an unfair strategy and is used in other markets, not just EVs - and against other countries, not just China. The idea is that if another country makes things artificially cheap, you use tariffs to level the playing field.
So yes, tariffs do have a valid use case. Whatever the fuck Trump decided to do with literally all of USA's trading partners is not one of them unless you REALLY want to isolate your own economy for the benefit of literally nobody but a few billionaires. But protecting your own internal industries from unfair competition absolutely is one.
True patriot.
Kid Starver starving people? Huhhh who'd've thunk it
As a fat man who lifts (sporadically) and has lost only 30 lbs since starting weight loss this quarter:
Hell yeah, I'd take my body over his any day of the week. I'm still far from my ideal weight, but even in my current state I feel more comfortable with my body than I would as a stick figure.
Colombian President Petro Taunts Trump, Proposes U.S. Gives Texas And California In Exchange For Oil
Long Chile
I don't think Colombia would be a fan of that, they would have to lose one of their two beautiful coastlines
I reckon the person you're replying to knows exactly what unwrap is, because the last big famous Cloudflare outage was caused by it. They were making a joke of their own
I mean it's Trump that removed their entire market. People don't buy EVs unless there's legislative pressure being built on ICE emissions.
Not that Ford couldn't have handled this with more grace of course... But I honestly doubt they were happy about the idea of building an entire plant and then shutting it down
I prefer chewing it till it becomes something between #3 and #4
I like that V8. I do not like the owner.
Oh I fully agree that they're hateful pieces of shit.
They just don't usually break any laws, or when they do, they're good at covering their tracks. Same as most political parties, really. I'm surprised we've even had any of the instances of campaign finance fraud come out.
Also Estonian btw. I've literally been coaxed into drinking with Ruuben Kaalep, I know how hateful they can be, particularly when they think people agree with them. Herr Kaalep literally told me that Hitler had the right idea, but didn't get far enough...