The real reason there's a 100% tariff on Chinese EVs is because they are so much better - overall performance, range, etc. - than anything here (according to American auto reporters who went to the recent Beijing Auto Show and got to drive them) as well as anything being made in Europe, and also cheaper (i.e, affordable to the 80% of Ame…
The real reason there's a 100% tariff on Chinese EVs is because they are so much better - overall performance, range, etc. - than anything here (according to American auto reporters who went to the recent Beijing Auto Show and got to drive them) as well as anything being made in Europe, and also cheaper (i.e, affordable to the 80% of American families who cannot afford a "low priced" American EV) that they would wreck the once-again-complacent US auto industry worse than happened with Japanese cars in the 70s-80s. What we ought to be doing is prodding Detroit to build EVs that are the equal of these cars, which are going to dominate the world outside the US in the next few years. Tariffs do nothing but protect industries that need a kick in their fat complacent ass. Detroit has always been behind the times and crying for protection for their second-rate products - I haven't driven an American car in 60 years. Tesla is getting its ass kicked in China because its designs are basically 20 years old and have been surpassed by the Chinese competition.
The real reason there's a 100% tariff on Chinese EVs is because they are so much better - overall performance, range, etc. - than anything here (according to American auto reporters who went to the recent Beijing Auto Show and got to drive them) as well as anything being made in Europe, and also cheaper (i.e, affordable to the 80% of American families who cannot afford a "low priced" American EV) that they would wreck the once-again-complacent US auto industry worse than happened with Japanese cars in the 70s-80s. What we ought to be doing is prodding Detroit to build EVs that are the equal of these cars, which are going to dominate the world outside the US in the next few years. Tariffs do nothing but protect industries that need a kick in their fat complacent ass. Detroit has always been behind the times and crying for protection for their second-rate products - I haven't driven an American car in 60 years. Tesla is getting its ass kicked in China because its designs are basically 20 years old and have been surpassed by the Chinese competition.
Glad to know all this, had no idea. Certainly agree, Hondas and Toyotas I’ve had beat the socks off the Fords and Chevys
Thanks for your report, TC.
A footnote: I have a Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid and I love it.
A plug-in hybrid makes a lot more sense in this country than an EV.