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China’s EV makers are taking over the European factories Ford and Nissan can’t fill (restofworld.org)

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Nobody but China pays subsidies for every car manufactured.

Others usually do subsidies for research or building factories. Which China does as well of vise.

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