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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15089465

Americans Are Open To Cheap Chinese Cars. That’s 'Scary' For The Rest Of The Auto Industry

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

No thank you. Made in fucking CCP run China is not the same as the 1980's high quality Japanese cars and motorcycles. Furthermore, the Chinese will face patent infringements that will block importation to the 1st World, with exception to Volvo.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Shush. Let the auto industry think that we all want cheap Chinese crap so they all make affordable EVs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

PSA Group already does, but all sell in the US is the stupid FIAT 500E

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'll pass lol

I'd like an affordable EV that doesn't look like a Playmobil car

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well I wanted the Citroen EC3

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Hadn't seen that one before, not too shabby. Looks way better than the fiat ev

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

LOL...indeed, +1 and boost,

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Japanese made products used to be bad too. They even make a joke about in the "Back to the Future" movie.