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That's why they're putting 100% tarriffs or outright banning them.
The tarriffs won't stop them though, a $20k BYD EV still outclasses $40k american EVs.
Even if they do, the west is just 13% of the world population. All they're going to accomplish is to isolate the west which will keep falling behind technologically while the rest of humanity moves on.
The West: we can’t preemptively build infrastructure, the market needs to lead
Also the West: Let’s severely slow down adoption of these key technologies, that will show those mendacious Asiatics.
Meanwhile: EV infra continues to fall behind leading to even slower adoption, leading to weaker innovation
13% but owns 50%
1nvas10n is necessary