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this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2024
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Perhaps there should be policies in place to lower the cost of electric cars so more average income people can replace their ice cars?
This is why I'm frustrated with the US and the EU, who are placing heavy penalty tariffs on Chinese EVs.
Uyghur slave labor should not be seen as the solution to our emission problems. Tariffs are the right thing here, albeit for the wrong reasons.
That is a very good point I had not considered, thanks for pointing that out!