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Supersized American cars shouldn’t be a barrier to Canadians getting some great European options - Why are we banning small cars from being sold in Canada? (www.theglobeandmail.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The tech and production capacity is good, there just needs to be stricter oversight because at this moment there are no other producers of low cost EVs and I don't really care if they're subsidized when the other players on the market are 15 years behind.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You should care where your money goes. Buying cheap Chinese produced cars results in your money being utilized to support Russia in the Ukranian war.

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2090006/china-supplying-russia-missile-technology

    https://www.politico.eu/article/china-firms-russia-body-armor-bullet-proof-drones-thermal-optics-army-equipment-shanghai-h-win/

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    either the government is subsidizing them below their value to squash competition or they're making money off of them but it cannot be both.

    with that said fuck China for persistently siding with Russian authoritarianism.

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