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How Republican E.V. Cuts Could Put U.S. Carmakers Behind China | China’s lead in electric vehicle technology, which is already huge, could become insurmountable if incentive programs are slashed (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

The US is already behind China on EVs. Done and done. When the president of an US automaker would prefer to special order a Chinese EV than drive his cars then we are done.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

When the president of an US automaker would prefer to special order a Chinese EV

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[–] microphone900@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Ford CEO drives a Xiaomi EV instead of a Ford and loves it. That article was from last year but he's still impressed in this article from a few days ago.

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