U.S. to Announce New Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicle - Considering rates of 100% - eviltoast
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    6 months ago

    There are some other American brands that have decent EV options now. Hopefully that continues to grow

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      6 months ago

      GM who put out a faulty platform across several brands and gave data to insurers so premiums shot up? Or Ford who can’t build an EV below 50k and are allergic to building something that’s not the size of an armored military vehicle?

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          6 months ago

          This article is more about their battery problems than their software problems. It does however at least mention the stop sale order due to software glitches. Combine that with the battery problem and well… I’m hoping for a good 2024 but I’m not holding my breath.

          And taxing Chinese EVs before they even come to market, but after they’ve proven themselves in Europe is just so obviously a protectionist move.

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          I was a victim of what I believe he’s talking about; the chip went haywire and took months to fix on my volt. It was a wide spread problem and they had a few of them in the dealership waiting on the part