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Re:Europe's EV sales surge 26% in 2025 while Tesla faces dec... by aurareturn on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @10:11AM (#45347288)
Yea but French and Netherlands economy will be great. German car companies will get a kick in competition and make better cars. Consumers win.
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Re:Europe's EV sales surge 26% in 2025 while Tesla faces dec... by constantcrying on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @12:17PM (#45349099)
The German car industry will not survive and Germany, together with the EU will go through a major economic crisis.

That the Netherlands adds 500 jobs making EUV machines is a tiny consolation for mass unemployment in Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary and France with millions of jobs lost.

Again, free trade is an insane idea when the proposition of one side is an existential threat to the other side.

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Re:Europe's EV sales surge 26% in 2025 while Tesla faces dec... by aurareturn on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @02:25PM (#45350925)
So close the market, shield yourself from competition, and forever make inferior cars?

It goes both ways as well. German cars are already suffering in China as tariff retaliation.

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Re:Europe's EV sales surge 26% in 2025 while Tesla faces dec... by constantcrying on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @04:47PM (#45352549)
>So close the market, shield yourself from competition, and forever make inferior cars?

Certainly the preferable alternative.

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