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Until the brand goes poof because China didn't like something they did and poof; now you have a ghost car. Good luck finding repair parts for your car; and fixing the server connection required features
You are correct, but that has happened with American brands (even cars) before
At half the price of other EVs, I bet an entire new class of service stores, half mechanic shop, half third party parts, half mods, would spring into existence if these cars are allowed in the market
Instead, we protect the horrible local brands
Why? doesn't Toyota, Kia, Hyundai, SaaB and all the non-American brands already do this? why would China not be able to do it?
A ton of the parts for the American cars actually come from China, why would it be harder for China to do what they already do on behalf of the American manufacturers?
It's not about whether they can, it's about whether they will.
Spoiler: they won't.
Edit: saw an article talking about some of the issues that happen when one of these companies goes away: https://www.thedrive.com/news/chinas-connected-car-collapse-is-a-warning-for-the-american-market
Again, not sure why you are so certain about that when China is already manufacturing the parts for the companies you trust to have them
I can find parts for Ford, GM, Chrysler, Toyota, Mazda, etc all made in China. Why does it work for American and foreign companies making every part they sell in China but it wouldn't work for a Chinese company
And, if that is the case, wouldn't it make more sense to just force them to establish some corporate headquarters in the USA (as they rest of the brands do)?
Well, that's kind of what is happening today with brands started in the USA as well (Henrik Fisker pulled this stunt twice with Karma and the Fisker Automotive)
I do get your point, I just have a hard time dismissing any and all Chinese cars when the collective "we" have no issue dealing with China as long as there is some middle man charging a premium. I also have a hard time understanding how tariffs address any of these issues.
China is stable enough, or so it seems, to supply most of our electronics, electrical components, plastics, tools, mechanical parts, etc etc etc... There is certainly a way to work with them in a stable way.
In this case, with the auto industry, yes you are correct. However this same exact thing happens with almost any industry. Just a quick example, I home brew, every single device/machine/vessel I have every purchased from my "local" distributors were all made in China. All of it.
I am not saying your concerns are invalid. I am just trying to see how would it ever be different by just applying tariffs to them. Wouldn't it make better sense to demand certain guarantees before they are allowed to sell in the USA? How would any Chinese company ever make it to the KTM status you mention?
And to clarify, I am only "defending" China here because something crazy like 90% of what we use today was made totally or partially in China, so to me it makes no sense they are only good when making money for American companies while we pay the middle man
Which again is OK when Amazon and Walmart do it based on Chinese manufactured goods but not when China does it directly? We need better than that!
Yes, I understood... I am just making reference to my prior stance that, for the USA government at least, if Amazon does X is fine, but if a Chinese company wants to do similar, it cannot be allowed... even though, in this example, Amazon is doing the exact same bad thing with Chinese manufactured goods all the same
Our tariffs aren't there to protect local brands they protect every foreign brand in the US too which make up 2/3 of the market.
never had this experience before.
But I had exactly this issue many times with Google cancelling stuff I like.