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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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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You didn't think Chinese EVs were that much cheaper than incumbent brands for no reasons did ya?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Labor is such a small part of the expenses that go into making an EV that even full-on slave labor would not make a huge difference in the end product's total cost. It's like 2-3% even in countries where workers are treated not that bad.

The Chinese cars are so cheap because 1) government support and 2) they invested an absolute shit ton into the industrial infrastructure to support that shit. The second one is the single most significant reason why they are so much cheaper than western EVs. But that's a difficult pill to swallow for the west, who doesn't want to accept the fact that the Chinese could make anything other than cheap shit.

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

souls go in, cheap car comes out. cant explain that

[–] tempest 1 points 1 month ago

Can't or won't?

[–] SplashJackson 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'd almost say it's a tad rude of them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Maybe they learned from the industry leader Foxconn. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

so like normal modern work conditions?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

[surprised Pikachu face]