Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux

No shill shaming here!

A living wage is relative. I don’t care what Chinese workers make; seems to work for them. Wish Americans built these, but that ship sailed a long time ago.

The US can’t subsidize an EV enough to simultaneously manufacture it here, with good union wages, and produce a product the average US driver wants to own at a price they can afford in numbers that matter.

The China EV May suck compare to a Tesla, but at roughly one half to one third the cost of a new US gas car, plenty would buy it, even with a 62 mile range. More than enough for the majority of commutes.

Commutes that will probably shorten due to transportation options. The “15 minute city” is less a right wing boogeyman than an acknowledgement that infinite growth with cheap cars/transport can’t happen. The suburbs and the exburbs only happen with great national wealth, a limited population, and cheap resources.

Besides: EVs are at least as much about climate change as gas production challenges. So we’re told. A cheap, but adequate transportation vehicle should be a boon to the world, if that’s what we’re aimin* for and not something else.