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Former GM Executive: BYD cars are good in terms of design, features, price, quality. If we let BYD into the U.S. market, it could end up destroying american manufacturers (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

GM received more than $7 billions of subsidies and around $50 billions of "Federal loans, loan guarantees and bailout assistance".

US auto manufacturers are getting their fair share of subsidies.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    To be fair GM sold or closed a lot of its brands and foreign subsidiaries, and paid back the loan.

    I fucking hate what the US auto industry has historically and is currently doing (making constantly bigger and more expensive trucks in a time we need smaller lighter EVs), but it’s actually a bit different from the SpaceX or EV credit subsidies and more of a low interest loan.

    The US has far too many dispersed rural towns for public transit to cover. Yes we need more high speed rail and light rail, but we’re gonna need personal cars because of distances, weather and employment practices for a long time still. And there’s no reason they need to be 3 ton high speed blind spots.

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