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BYD would still have the cheapest EV in the US, even with a 100% tariff (electrek.co)

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Even with the new 100% tariff on electric vehicles imported from China, BYD would still have the cheapest EV in the US. According to a new report, BYD’s lowest-priced EV would still undercut all US automakers at under $25,000.

After discontinuing the production of vehicles powered entirely by internal combustion engines in March 2022, BYD has been at the forefront of the industry’s shift to EVs.

Honestly in my opinion it is time to remove all tariffs on EVs under 25k and let anyone who wants to fill that slot in. American car manufacturers refuse to fill the market need.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those environmental benefits are lost when they're built in a country with some of the most lax environmental laws in the world and then shipped halfway across the planet.

They also seem to be of questionable quality as in China, they have abandoned EVs piling up all over the place. There's nothing good for the environment here.

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-china-ev-graveyards/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

then Incentivize EV reuse as home scale batteries

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is a good use for the old battery packs but it's not like you can just park the derelict car in your garage to power your home.

These packs will need to be processed and then resold as battery storage banks. This also ignores all the pollution created from producing these cars in the first place along with the pollution created from recycling the car only for them to be treated like disposable junk and tossed into the garbage after a couple years.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 hours ago

why can't the car just be parked in the back (or front) yard permanently with a tarp over it?