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Originally Posted by Wormius
Not sure why we have to implement tariffs here. Getting people to adopt EVs is hard enough, making the cost more palatable would spur adoption and maybe get automakers here to think about making sensibly priced models.
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Originally Posted by Cappy
Western automakers spent decades trying to either kill the electric car or bury their head in the sand and innovate in the slowest possible manner.
Tesla, at least, kickstarted some of the automakers into entering the market with better options, however, its been half-assed.
They fell behind the tech battle and now need the government to implement tariffs to protect their interests.
Should that market be protected? probably. It's a big sector, offers some strategic value, foreign subsidies, and there is some argument with the coming cold war with china; but, it sucks we have to blame the government or a foreign power for our automakers' incompetence
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I wonder if the Chinese can get around the tariff in Canada by shipping over "kit cars" for final assembly in Canada and still maintain a good pricing advantage? I recall that Mercedes shipped the Sprinter van as a kit to the US for assembly in order to get around the chicken tax.