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Re:China sanctions US drone maker Skydio by dtquad on Thursday October 31, 2024 @03:18PM (#42010439)
The "sanctions" on DJI are limited to US federal agencies being banned from buying DJI drones.

China's move however will be a killing blow to Skydio because China has most likely correctly calculated that US/Western anti-mining sentiments makes it impossible to manufacture batteries.

https://dronelife.com/2024/09/10/house-passes-countering-ccp...

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Re:China sanctions US drone maker Skydio by themaninthedark on Thursday October 31, 2024 @03:38PM (#42010660)
The bigger question is what will the US do if China decides to take the same action wrt EV batteries?
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Re:China sanctions US drone maker Skydio by nine_k on Thursday October 31, 2024 @04:54PM (#42011412)
On one hand, e.g. Tesla make their batteries on the US soil, in Nevada. OTOH they don't make the batteries from the US soil, with more than half of the lithium coming from China.

I'd expect a Tesla Gigamine then, somewhere near the recently discovered giant lithium deposit in Arkansas. Drones could use some of that, too.

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Re:China sanctions US drone maker Skydio by Sabinus on Thursday October 31, 2024 @04:41PM (#42011286)
Ahhh, so that's why all the crazies have been talking about lithium. They've been activated by the agitprop.
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