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It seems you don't have BYD in the US, except for buses? Here in Australia you see far more BYDs than Teslas by now. They're cheaper with a bit more range.

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Nope, tarriffs. I'll admit that the 175% tarrifs on Chinese vehicles was indeed a Biden decision.

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/joe-biden-china-tariff-hike...

To be precise, 100% on vehicles, 50% on solar cells, and 25% on Batteries.

This was frmom a year ago, though. Who knows if/what Trump added on top of that.

Bonus Article: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a62694325/ford-ceo-jim-far...

>Ford CEO Jim Farley admitted he has been driving a Xiaomi SU7 for six months and said he "doesn't want to give it up."

The only way I’d be interested in a Xiaomi (or any other Chinese car) is if they decided to make a Ford Panther platform lookalike that has no features dependent on phoning home to China.

For the sake of argument, why should I be more afraid of phoning home to China (a country I will probably never go to) than phoning home to the US or Canada?

If I'm making an inappropriate joke to my wife while we drive, I'd prefer the former than the later.

(Obviously, much like you I assume, I'd rather have no internet connection)

That’s by design. And people would rather put up with the allegations against Elon’s conduct over the certainty of PRC conduct.

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