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Re:Tesla's 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner wr... by refurb on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @06:19AM (#46432110)
The Chinese cars makers are heavily government funded, with the goal of flooding markets.

It’s not hard to sell EVs when you’re losing money on each one.

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Re:Tesla's 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner wr... by overfeed on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @03:03PM (#46437359)
Can you provide links showing how much any of the companies is getting from the government?
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Re:Tesla's 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner wr... by refurb on Thursday January 01, 2026 @01:04AM (#46451722)
https://www.electrive.com/2025/08/22/china-discloses-subsidi...

$230B is the number thrown around, but those are the direct subsidies. When suppliers are subsidized it gets hard to account for all of it.

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