I see that the gold rush is fully on.

Never thought I’d see Louisiana in the green.

Skyline has always been a sedan. But I wonder why they would need another crossover when the Aryia is right there.

Never take car companies at face value. They make lots of noise and do the exact opposite of what they said.

Then you do like Tesla buyers and get one in a state that sells them. It’s not uncommon for car buyers to leave their home state for a model that they want.

They can’t do that everywhere. Dealership protection laws prevent them from being rid of the middle man. What they can do is keep those 400 dealers from having the top selling models.

You forgot the /s

I don’t have a dog in this fight but it’s interesting to watch Americans try to apply American law to Swedish law. 🤭

Don’t be so dramatic.

China got to where it is by taking the tech of others. Lithium and LFP batteries were invented in America. Not to mention the hundreds of other IP they sent spies to take. The concern isn’t unwarranted.

American companies couldn’t even open their own plants in China, they had to partner with a Chinese operation. It wasn’t until THIS YEAR that China let outside companies own their own operations in the country just like in America where BYD Trucks, Polestar/Volvo, and a LARGE number of other Chinese companies outside of the automotive sector that no one talks about.

Furthermore, Gotion got rejected by a local town, not Congress. Not even American companies can just put things where they want to, citizens get a say.

The Ford battery plant, rejected by Virginia leadership was picked up by Michigan and despite the interference from Congress is STILL on track.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/business/ford-ev-battery-plant-michigan.html

Congress itself can’t interfere with Ford or Tesla unless they are all on the same page and they can’t even pass a budget right now.

What I do know for sure is that the Federal Commerce dept will not let ANY company just bypass tariffs. Chinese solar panel makers tried doing that and they got blocked for it.

BYD just like Tesla in the EU will most likely have to settle down with a car plant in America if they want to take advantage of NAFTA.

The U.S. won’t let them use Mexico or Canada as a bypass. It’s against import rules. They will have to set up a car plant in the states first.

Cars get part updates during production runs all the time. They just have to be willing to make the change.

Elmo will have to negotiate soon or their brand will completely die in Sweden.

Hyundai isn’t stupid. The pullback is a facade.

They still didn’t fix the suspension issues?

I was wondering how long it would take for the “Fuck Cars” crowd to get here.

In reality, we can have both. Much of Europe proves this fact.

I disagree on the price point The average price of a car is too high for the market.

I can’t imagine how heavy that battery will be. I wonder if they will do it old school coal car style for the battery or fully integrated.

Either way if this works out, the hydrogen clan will be very upset.

Better yet they should do a combination of overhead electrical contact and batteries for those ultra wilderness areas.

That price is a lot more tame than I expected. 80k is in line with most luxo barges.

It could also sink the company in Sweden if people stop buying the product because of the union spat.

I agree but it won’t be low cost new cars. It will be used BEVs.