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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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BYD takes the spotlight in the heart of Europe after sales surge by +750% in April (electrek.co)

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The thing about tarrifs is they don't work well on highly desirable goods. You're not making the cars unaffordable, you're making them luxury items.

Incidentally, this is the same reason extremely wealthy Chinese residents had been buying the heavily taxed American SUVs. It wasn't about having the "best" car, it was about having something nobody else could get.