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Yea but you’re still hungry for another car an hour later!
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But then my cars would be in China, and that’s not much use.
Dad?
Still getting cigarettes bud
Also I don't really need 5 cars
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you could buy 2 us cars for the average price of a us car (2 of the cheapest us cars). seems that China still has cheaper cars, but this article is biased in the title and article for some reason
I wonder how big the gap is if you consider Purchasing Power in China VS US
$1 in the US to $4 in China ($1 LCU/INT in the US vs $4 LCU/INT). Currently, at least ... this is based on the top 1000 products vs GDP.
At 120k per year, I would have to make ¥423,906 in China.
Income comparisons aside, what the fuck is this "journalism"???
The average new car in the U.S. in March had a list price of $51,456, according to Kelley Blue Book.
In China, there are more than 200 battery-powered models, including hybrids, for sale at less than the equivalent of $25,000, according to DCar, an information and trading platform.
Reuters compiled a list of the five best-selling electric vehicles in China that start under $12,000 using DCar data.
Did they deliberately only look at the cheapest cars to compare to the average American car in order to get their headline? Like I could buy 10 shitboxes from the junkyard for the average price of a new car, but that doesn't mean much.
Show me how many NEW cars you can buy in the US for less then 25k.
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Did they deliberately only look at the cheapest cars
Seeing how the highest selling car a few years ago was the Wuling Hongguang, which starts at ~$5k, I don't think the authors have made any failure. If anything, they're short of the reality.
Wuling Hongguang
omg it's so cute
As much as I appreciate the charger "nose", that's a bad place to have it if you park close to the wall
As much as I appreciate the charger “nose”, that’s a bad place to have it if you park close to the wall
Chances are because that's such a small car, there would be ample space to park away from a wall and still remain within a standard car footprint.
omg it's so cute
I know right?? I hate that we don't have affordable cutie electric cars like that in Europe :(
I never thought of the nose charger thing, something to consider definitely!
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This is why we have trade protectionism - tariffs, "made in X" laws, etc. - to ensure capitalists can continue to generate maximized profits, rather than having to compete with Chinese-made cars.
The oft-quoted argument is "well, we need to protect jobs" - well, tax the rich and subsidize it then, if those jobs are so important. Why should the working class pay the cost of protecting jobs (ensuring ongoing production for the benefit of the ruling class) in industries where capitalists continue to maximize profit?
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But can't you also buy 5 American cars for the average price of American car? Just buy used 🤷♂️
fr, I got a pre-owned 2008 Prius in like 2018 for $9k, used it for several years, then sold it to my brother, and it's still going strong. Used Toyotas ftw!
I dont want 5 cars i want 1 car
Okay, but it's gonna cost five times as much.
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I dont even want a car, I want frequent and reliable transit
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Keep the car prices high, or its taxes and use the profits to fund public transportation?
What about everyone that's not in a densely populated area?
That's where Biden's infrastructure bill was supposed to help, but it was gutted and then canceled by the Trump administration. Gotta start somewhere and build. Lotta rural areas in China or Europe. Mercedes once had the seat belt and other luxury cars had radar cruise control and it came to more manufacturers. Things have a way of working out.
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Because the government is subsiding those cars in a number of different ways; Attempt to control the global automotive and clean energy markets.
USA subsidizes auto industry too
And the oil industry and builds the roads and fights the wars to acquire oil.
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China doing capitalism better than the US 🫡......America!.....Fuck yeah!! 😒
bad math.
Average price does not reflect what people actually buy.
Chinese cars abroad are not actually that cheap.
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