▲ 323 ▼ Americans Are Open To Cheap Chinese Cars. That’s 'Scary' For The Rest Of The Auto Industry (insideevs.com) submitted 2 years ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/evs@lemmy.world 205 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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
[+] downpunxx@fedia.io 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago So instead of expensive cars that suck and break down, we'd have cheap cars that suck and break down. Which is technically better, I guess. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago "Foreign oligarchs are taking over!" - domestic oligarchs probably permalink fedilink source parent [–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) destroyed the reputation of American cars being the best made vehicles in the world. This was always pure propaganda and if that argument were being made, that downfall would've happened way before the '70s. Like, beginning of the 20th century, at latest. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, they were the best when we were the only ones making them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) We never were. Europe was making production, ICE cars decades before Henry Ford told the world that he invented the process permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, shit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] icydefiance@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* Ford didn't even claim that he invented the automobile. However, he did make the manufacturing process a lot faster, and therefore cheaper, so he was the first to sell them at a price that most people could afford. He was also a turbo-racist who Hitler saw as an inspiration, but that's a different subject. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SeattleRain@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago This! This! This! Goliaths like GM could make competitive affordable cars tomorrow if they decided they're were going to make money off building good cars instead of ripping off consumers, financialization and oligopolistic tactics. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago So instead of expensive cars that suck and break down, we'd have cheap cars that suck and break down. Which is technically better, I guess. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago "Foreign oligarchs are taking over!" - domestic oligarchs probably permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) destroyed the reputation of American cars being the best made vehicles in the world. This was always pure propaganda and if that argument were being made, that downfall would've happened way before the '70s. Like, beginning of the 20th century, at latest. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, they were the best when we were the only ones making them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) We never were. Europe was making production, ICE cars decades before Henry Ford told the world that he invented the process permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, shit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] icydefiance@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* Ford didn't even claim that he invented the automobile. However, he did make the manufacturing process a lot faster, and therefore cheaper, so he was the first to sell them at a price that most people could afford. He was also a turbo-racist who Hitler saw as an inspiration, but that's a different subject. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, they were the best when we were the only ones making them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) We never were. Europe was making production, ICE cars decades before Henry Ford told the world that he invented the process permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, shit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] icydefiance@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* Ford didn't even claim that he invented the automobile. However, he did make the manufacturing process a lot faster, and therefore cheaper, so he was the first to sell them at a price that most people could afford. He was also a turbo-racist who Hitler saw as an inspiration, but that's a different subject. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) We never were. Europe was making production, ICE cars decades before Henry Ford told the world that he invented the process permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, shit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] icydefiance@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* Ford didn't even claim that he invented the automobile. However, he did make the manufacturing process a lot faster, and therefore cheaper, so he was the first to sell them at a price that most people could afford. He was also a turbo-racist who Hitler saw as an inspiration, but that's a different subject. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, shit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] icydefiance@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* Ford didn't even claim that he invented the automobile. However, he did make the manufacturing process a lot faster, and therefore cheaper, so he was the first to sell them at a price that most people could afford. He was also a turbo-racist who Hitler saw as an inspiration, but that's a different subject. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] icydefiance@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* Ford didn't even claim that he invented the automobile. However, he did make the manufacturing process a lot faster, and therefore cheaper, so he was the first to sell them at a price that most people could afford. He was also a turbo-racist who Hitler saw as an inspiration, but that's a different subject. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SeattleRain@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago This! This! This! Goliaths like GM could make competitive affordable cars tomorrow if they decided they're were going to make money off building good cars instead of ripping off consumers, financialization and oligopolistic tactics. permalink fedilink source parent