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Re:America Is Missing Out on the Best Electric Cars by grandma_tea on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @10:03PM (#39199288)
I didn't read the whole article because of the paywall, but I was taking it from the angle of "why can't we encourage this kind of development in America?" As opposed to "we should import Chinese cars."

I am frustrated by it because I feel like we could be doing better. I mean, the best thing would be to invest in public transport but I would also be happy with more cheap car offerings.

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Re:America Is Missing Out on the Best Electric Cars by ralph84 on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @10:23PM (#39199431)
The answer to “why can’t we do things China does” is we decided a long time ago that we value environmental and worker protection more than China does.
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Re:America Is Missing Out on the Best Electric Cars by CharlieDigital on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @11:00PM (#39199719)
I don't see how China focusing on building EV cars is somehow weakening worker protections or damaging the environment more than building ICE cars. They have issues, but none of that is related to the topic of the article.
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Re:America Is Missing Out on the Best Electric Cars by dragonmost on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @12:27AM (#39200300)
You can sell your cars much cheaper if you barely pay the workers and don't invest in safety equipment.
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Re:America Is Missing Out on the Best Electric Cars by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @05:35AM (#39202174)
This question has been investigated fairly thoroughly for PV solar and scale of manufacturing and government support are far bigger factors.

Remember PV and EV are technology, getting smaller, cheaper, better as it iterates.

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Re:America Is Missing Out on the Best Electric Cars by defrost on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @05:43AM (#39202233)
With any luck the Nordic sympathy strikes will sort out the pay and safety issues.
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Re:America Is Missing Out on the Best Electric Cars by snowpid on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @04:27AM (#39201771)
US doesnt have strong "value environmental and worker protection". Btw, are there more EV in Europe btw?
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