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Re:The Withering Dream of a Cheap American Electric Car by somerandomqaguy on Monday November 18, 2024 @02:41PM (#42176109)
??? The average BYD line autoworker earns $640 to $840 USD a month, but that require overtime; 1.5x pay on weekdays and 2x pay on weekends.

BYD Wuxi workers went on strike in 2021 because BYD was trying to restructure to eliminate overtime, which would effectively drop the workers wage to under $400 USD a month.

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Re:The Withering Dream of a Cheap American Electric Car by ricardobeat on Monday November 18, 2024 @06:39PM (#42178478)
Which is about the same a factory worker in Mexico, building the Ford Mach-E, makes. I imagine the purchasing power in China will be a lot higher.

China currently has multiple times higher costs than countries like Vietnam. Cheap labour is not a major factor anymore.

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