Meme of the boss asking the 3 employees for suggestions on improving car sales, the third employee suggests affordable prices and gets thrown out of the window.
this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2024
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"Affordable" meaning built with slave labor and massive government incentives?
Many Western governments are subsidizing buying EVs as well, how is that different? As per cheap labor, so far nobody cared about that... Interesting that's only a problem with EVs.
Many Western governments are subsidizing buying EVs as well, how is that different?
The amounts are different.
Interesting that's only a problem with EVs.
What ever gave you that idea?
We've outsourced like 75% of our production to China and Taiwan to exploit cheap/slave labor for every sort of product, except cars. Now they're coming for those too. And they would take them too, if it weren't for the tariffs.
The amounts are different.
The principle is similar. But are they really that different, though? The Western amounts are not small by any mean.
We've outsourced like 75% of our production to China and Taiwan to exploit cheap/slave labor for every sort of product, except cars. Now they're coming for those too. And they would take them too, if it weren't for the tariffs.
Yes, globalization, and so far it was all great because of prices (ignore the latest US tariffs because of economical war with China). But, for example, when one buys an iPhone, there aren't much complaints not tariffs, are there?
The amounts are different.
Skill issue
I'd love to hear more about what skills are required to get additional government funding.
Not the companies'