I remember 15 years ago when liberals were absolutely furious at companies relying on Chinese "slave labor" for making shoes cheap and cutting into US wages.

I myself have no strong opinion on the issue, and think protectionism can often be quite bad, but it's weird how things have flipped. Presumably because of reactions to one man's views.

Chinese EVs are not made with "slave labor"

I don't think you'll ever see that day considering the bipartisan hawkishness against China.

People forget that Biden put the 100% tariffs on Chinese cars, not Trump.

ok

And Trump didn't remove the tariffs, hence the "bipartisan" comment.

Laws and regulations around car dealerships are deeply ingrained into state and federal politics. I don't think we will see Chinese or Mexican EVs anytime.

It's a double whammy. We underfund public transportation so most people need a car.

We then add all types of strange protectionism around which cars can be sold.

No reason I shouldn't be able to order a new EV straight from Shenzhen.

Chinese vehicles are cheap because they're sold under cost. It can't continue to be that cheap and places with a car industry like Europe are crazy to allow them to be sold there.

Chinese vehicles are cheap because their manufacturing process is light years ahead.

Why do you spend time thinking about outcomes that will never, ever be realized? There is bipartisan support for anti-China protectionism. There is not bipartisan support for paranoid FOSS neckbeard concerns about radios that have been built into most cars since Onstar.