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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by femiagbabiaka on Monday December 15, 2025 @12:31PM (#46277533)
Great point, and to drive it home -- TSLA is the only competitive non-Chinese company in the EV space. You could make the argument that it's one of very few successful U.S. manufacturing company winning on purely technical/capitalist terms, considering the whole U.S.-Taiwan stranglehold on chip mfg
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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by ang_cire on Monday December 15, 2025 @02:41PM (#46279402)
> You could make the argument that it's one of very few successful U.S. manufacturing company winning on purely technical/capitalist terms

Except it's not winning on that at all. It's "winning" because Chinese EV brands are barred from selling in the US. You can't buy an Avatr if you want. It's in fact protectionist regulations that allowed Tesla to retain EV dominance in the US, in the face of Chinese competition.

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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by femiagbabiaka on Monday December 15, 2025 @06:03PM (#46282120)
Tesla was very popular in the Chinese market and globally, including in markets where Chinese EVs aren't banned, until literally this year, which I'd argue is due in part to the trade war.
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