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Nearly all major car companies are sabotaging EV transition, and Japan is worst, study finds (thedriven.io)
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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The tariffs were explicitly to protect them. To prevent them from having to compete. We're about to eat a lot of shit.

[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well they have to first compete.. I have yet to see a good under $25k mass produced EV

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And now you won't. They don't have to work their prices down now.

[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

The issue I'm seeing here is that there isn't anything to protect legacy auto does not make a product that is remotely comparable