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    US-Händler geraten in völlige Panik, nachdem Kanada chinesischen Autos grünes Licht gegeben hat

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    1. Future-Turtle on

      „What do you mean the threat of invasion makes people want to avoid our goods?“

      -The CEOs who donated to Trump, maybe, idk if they have the insight necessary for that.

    2. DemandredG on

      When industries are scared of competition, it’s a solid tell they’re not actually capitalists, they’re monopolists with very gullible followings.

    4. Deer_Investigator881 on

      Man, just wait until people find out how much cheaper the cars can be

    5. Uzorglemon on

      Question as an Australian.

      Would an American citizen be able to buy one of these cars in Canada, and drive it back to the US to keep? Could it be registered in the US with insurance and stuff? (Sorry, I’ve got absolutely no idea about the processes there)

      If so, Tesla should probably be shitting bricks right now.

      Side note: I bought the car pictured at the top of the article (BYD Seal) a few months ago and it’s easily the best car I’ve ever driven.

    7. tryexceptifnot1try on

      This is great for Canadian consumers. The US is exiting the EV space for a ton of moronic reasons and the rest of the world is not following us. China and the EU are the primary blocs pushing this tech forward. Tesla killed itself via terrible management, a massive failure in the Cybertruck, and failing to update it’s models in a timely manner. Why the fuck would Canada want to limit it’s exposure to the best consumer products here? The US companies that they work for are abandoning EVs too. This opens up the opportunity for Chinese cars to get manufactured in Canada as well.

    8. rod_zero on

      it is funny to watch American companies freak out because they now have to compete against China, they were very happy rolling over all the global south the last 30 years.

    9. mouse9001 on

      If there’s anything that companies hate, it’s competition.

      What they want most is a captive market.

      Good on Canada for allowing their market to actually work like a market.

      Further good on them for reducing dependency on the U.S.

      The U.S. has become an unreliable trade partner. Everyone should beware.

    14. LuLMaster420 on

      Peak late-stage capitalism humor:

      When you lose at capitalism, you call it geopolitics.

    15. Tumbler on

      It’s only a matter of time until mexico does the same. China has a lot of leverage here, they can dump cars at pennies on the dollar into our two biggest trading partners.

      It was never a choice if we wanted to compete with China on EV’s, we made a huge mistake backing off that plan.

      The same way universal healthcare is cheaper for the country as a whole, EV’s are cheaper to own and operate for the country as a whole. Gas engines will still have a place but EV’s can satisfy most of peoples daily needs and they are now going to be available for a significantly lower cost. And we’re goign to see almost none of that industry develop here. (jobs)

      Capitalism really screwed up on this. People were trying to get this going in the late ninties but when bush came in the Oil and Gas industry policies took over and here we are.

    18. Wind_Best_1440 on

      „We don’t need the Canadians.“ -Trump.

      1 year later.

      „PLEASE DONT BUY CHINESE CARS, PLEASE BUY OUR ALCOHOL. PLEASE START VISITING US AGAIN, PLEASE, WE NEED YOUR MONEY. CANADA PLEASE.“

    19. __TheWaySheGoes on

      This only happened because of how the US government has treated Canada. Maybe direct your anger and concern that way?

    20. -Redditeer- on

      Its almost like american manufacturers havnt innovated in a while and have a progressively shittier product. Honestly most manufacturers besides the japanese ones need to actually create competition

    23. pequenaandjustice on

      Currently in CDMX. The number of BYD and small cars is amazing. I want one NOW.

    25. gin_possum on

      lol this article is ridiculous. “Our national neighbors to the north have already caved, setting off alarm bells in some U.S. operations, and now NADA is hoping to amplify that warning.” As a Canadian, let me say… NO. Your wildly unpredictable president threatened our national sovereignty and started a trade war, so we found a different trade partner for a small part of our economic activity. We didn’t ‘cave’, we acted in our best interests. What kind of nonsense logic is this?

    26. Hi_Im_Ken_Adams on

      So according to the article, it’s not just about the threat to the US automobile industry, but to the entire car dealership model as well since Chinese brands want to sell direct-to-consumer to reduce prices.

      All those scummy dealers trying to sell undercoating and extended warranties are going to need to find a new revenue model…

    27. Chemical-Ebb6472 on

      A junior level bank analyst could have projected this outcome in their first year on the job.

      Trump has the entire American Intelligence apparatus at his fingertips ready to do the same – and more.

      This is why you should never vote for a person that doesn’t read, doesn’t listen to any info provided beyond the first sentence, and thinks they know it all already.

    28. urbanek2525 on

      > Any new players in the market are probably going to want to sell direct to consumer and NADA hates that for obvious reasons in general, but especially in this case, as the Chinese will likely be undercutting existing brands on price.

      And guess which automaker has done the most damage to the dealer model and tried to force „direct to consumer“?

      Tesla.

      Ironically, Tesla sales would suffer the most if forced to compete with an EV automaker whose quality was higher and prices were lower. Maybe that’s why Tesla is dumping its 2 (of 4) models and shifting to humanoid robots. Musk’s leopard is eating his face.

    29. BBQallyear on

      From the article: “Our national neighbors to the north have already caved”.

      Caved? As a Canadian, I would like to (politely) invite the author to go fuck himself.

    31. diabloPoE12 on

      > Despite the Trump administration’s strong anti-China rhetoric, it has remained silent in the face of warning signs that Chinese cars are making their way to America. Our national neighbors to the north have already caved, setting off alarm bells in some U.S. operations, and now NADA is hoping to amplify that warning.

      Go absolutely fuck yourselves drive.com. Canada didn’t cave on shit.

      The Biden administration wanted to put tariffs on Chinese EVs, but thought it would be even better to have North America united as a bloc on those tariffs. So Canada imposed the exact same tariffs, despite the fact that NA EVs are almost exclusively in the American market.

      China imposed disproportionately heavy tariffs on Canadian agricultural exports. Because they recognized that Canada wasn’t benefiting from the EV tariffs the same way America was. So Canada took the biggest hit, and got the smallest benefit. But we stood by our decision.

      Then Trump tariffed us, told us he didn’t need us, threatened to invade us, and members of his government started having meetings with Alberta separatists to break up our country.

      So Canada said “why are we taking this hit for Americans if this is how they treat us?” Carney made a deal to lessen the Chinese EV tariffs and remove the hurt on our agricultural exports. THAT ONLY EXISTED BECAUSE WE WERE BEING GOOD ALLIES TO AMERICANS!!!!

      Fuck all you people.

    32. AxeSkewsMe on

      Why would they be panicking? Trump said Canada offers America nothing. They’ll be fine.

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