Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poor sales in few markets

Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by defrost on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:52PM (#50401171)

> Chinese keep prices low with .. subsidies from a totalitarian government

Lower labour costs per hour can be balanced against lower cost of living for workers.

Industrial Policy Spending for China’s EV Sector (subsidies) have dropped from $13,800 USD per vehicle in 2018 to $4,700 USD in 2023 and are less today in 2026.

How do these subsidies compare to US subsidies to the fossil fuel oil and gas industry?

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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by _heimdall on Saturday November 07, 2026 @02:35PM (#50407328)

You backed up my point though, so thanks? The CCP subsidized EV production heavily, lowering it over time as I assume manufacturing facilities are in place, but they continue to subsidize to keep prices low.

The oil industry is irrelevant here and feels more like a whataboutism deflection. We can debate the oil industry, based on your comment we'd likely agree on much of it, but that's a separate discussion.

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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by johnnyanmac on Sunday November 08, 2026 @02:53PM (#50416501)

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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by _heimdall on Sunday November 08, 2026 @07:22PM (#50419328)

I'm not aware of the US government subsidizing the auto industry until well after automobiles and the oil industry was a thing.

Happy to be wrong here, but my timeline would have expected US subsidies in those industries to begin somewhere around the 70s give or take a decade, as both industries consolidated heavily.

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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by johnnyanmac on Sunday November 08, 2026 @09:18PM (#50420162)

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