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dutch777

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9. Tesla would be doing even worse if Chinese EVs were allowed in the country tariff free. Better tech at lower cost.
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 10:22 AM
11 hrs ago

Many Americans still harbor the illusion that our tech is better. In many cases, EVs being a prime one, in fact the Asian manufacturers and systems deliver a more capable unit at a much lower cost. This is not only true in the device themselves, but in the systems that support them. People that spend time in Asia are amazed by how much better much of the tech is and how things like the cell phone systems work so much better. Of course it would not only be Tesla that got battered if protective tariffs were dropped but GM, Ford and the rest.

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Now that Musk is thoroughly back in bed with Trump, they will get even worse. SSJVegeta 11 hrs ago #1
We need to send Elon to Mars on a Space X rocket. Initech 6 hrs ago #31
Good, keep up the pressure! Join a Tesla takedown near you every Saturday! Blues Heron 11 hrs ago #2
I hate to ForgedCrank 9 hrs ago #20
I hate to break it to you it's not good when Nazi musk wins Blues Heron 7 hrs ago #26
I hate to ForgedCrank 7 hrs ago #27
When you throw up nazi salutes, you're probably a nazi EdmondDantes_ 6 hrs ago #29
This is the ForgedCrank 6 hrs ago #34
No it is Not. Please speak for yourself. Cha 2 hrs ago #38
Musk is a a motherfucking nazi. A white-supremacist nazi eugenics FANBOY. Maru Kitteh 4 hrs ago #35
Noe of ForgedCrank 2 hrs ago #37
Yeah, TY for "breaking" that... somebody Cha 2 hrs ago #39
China isn't communist. JI7 6 hrs ago #28
Ummm, China Greg_In_SF 6 hrs ago #32
Whatever you say ForgedCrank 6 hrs ago #33
Tesla is becoming the new Ralf Nader , multigraincracker 11 hrs ago #3
Everything Trump touches dies. nt doc03 11 hrs ago #4
How unfortunate Coldwater 11 hrs ago #5
That's what we shout out every time we see any Tesla: Wednesdays 11 hrs ago #7
They are too expensive to insure. Johonny 11 hrs ago #6
Looks like he's not getting that trillion dollar bonus Diraven 11 hrs ago #8
yeah, he's never gonna hit those targets. good. mopinko 9 hrs ago #21
Tesla would be doing even worse if Chinese EVs were allowed in the country tariff free. Better tech at lower cost. dutch777 11 hrs ago #9
That Chongqing New Years drone and light show Johonny 11 hrs ago #12
Interesting. I've been seeing more Teslas than in the year before the Musk DOGE debacle backlash hlthe2b 11 hrs ago #10
and that trend will continue. The damage is done. themaguffin 11 hrs ago #11
That would still make them the largest manufacturer in the US. Auggie 11 hrs ago #13
I thought this was about sales worldwide Keepthesoulalive 9 hrs ago #16
And, this is only Greg_In_SF 9 hrs ago #17
Excellent point Auggie 9 hrs ago #19
I considered buying an EV before the results of the 2024 election, but it would not have been a Tesla Martin Eden 11 hrs ago #14
I brought a hybrid also kimbutgar 9 hrs ago #18
The hideous Tesla Cybertruck is called a SWASTICAR by many Martin Eden 8 hrs ago #22
I like "DEPLOREAN" JustABozoOnThisBus 6 hrs ago #30
if he never sells another car it would it me fine rampartd 10 hrs ago #15
FAFO on the tax credit Muskrat. That $7,500 was driving a lot of sales of his EVs. Ol Janx Spirit 8 hrs ago #23
It's not just politics, they're shit cars too. flvegan 7 hrs ago #24
Should lose... 2naSalit 7 hrs ago #25
Both Tesla and BYD EVs are probably on the same level as far as technology goes. Aussie105 2 hrs ago #36
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