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AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Snubbed by Tesla, Mexican government pledges to create its own small, affordable electric car

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  • Tony Bark@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    Good, Elon deserves nothing but the middle finger.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    Nice! Hope we’ll see it imported into the US too.

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
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    Good, Tesla sucks.

  • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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    Don’t worry, the US govt will put huge tariffs on them soon enough.

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      Probably can’t do that under NAFTA (or whatever Trump renamed it to).

      • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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        You mean like the softwood lumber dispute that’s been going on for over 40 years where the US has put illegal tariffs on Canadian softwood exports? The one where they’ve been found in breach of the agreement multiple times and still haven’t fixed it?

        Yeah, I’m sure they would never put tariffs on Mexican electric cars to protect their own auto industries.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada–United_States_softwood_lumber_dispute

  • ruckblack@sh.itjust.works
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    I’d love that, Tesla is a fucking joke of a company

  • Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works
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    … with blackjack and hookers.

    • rustydomino@lemmy.world
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      In fact, forget the EV!

    • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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      How much is that option package?

      • RangerJosie@lemmy.world
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        Aprox $35,000 less than a comparable Tesla.

        • helenslunch@feddit.nl
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          So it’s free?

  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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    Restart the Beetle plant and make an EV version of the original.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      Give me like 150-200 miles range and charge ~$20k and I’d buy it. Don’t need anything fancy, just something to get to work and back.

      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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        Something people don’t consider is that lighter cars can have better ranges with smaller batteries. That also means it doesn’t take as long to charge the batteries when you stop somewhere for lunch. The Aptera is the only EV that’s light enough to get away with pure solar charging for most use cases. An aluminum beetle with solar covering the roof might be close as well.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    Isn’t BYD building factories in Mexico?

    • GodlessCommie@lemmy.world
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      Yep, and cant wait to see them here in the US. NAFTA 2.0 says no tariffs

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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        Still need to pass safety tests and all that stuff

        • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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          They haven’t had a problem in NZ and Aus.

          • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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            Ok… They don’t have the same safety regulations…

            • Aceticon@lemmy.world
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              BDY sells their vehicles in Europe.

              I do believe the safety regulations in the EU are actually stricter than in the US.

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    If you’re after a small and affordable electric car then you’re not exactly in the market for a Tesla anyway. What is this headline?

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      https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2024/06/16/musk-posits-20000-tesla-model-y-says-future-affordable-car-game-changer/

      • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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        “Musk Says” has to be the biggest reddest of all red flags anyone has ever put up.

        He says all sorts of stuff, I’m pretty sure by his schedule we should have colonized mars by now.

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          I think it was 2029 for the first manned mission, but the rocket that’s supposed to be the base for this still only explodes.

          • AmbiguousProps@lemmy.todayOP
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            Well, he did say he’d put a man on Mars in 10 years… back in 2011.

            …And then in 10 years in 2014 (meaning 2024).

            …And then in 6 years in 2016 (meaning 2022)

            …And then in 6 years again in late 2020 (meaning 2026)

            Then we finally end up on his 2029 date back in 2022.

            I’m sure I’ve missed one or two of his suggested landing years, but you get the point. He has no idea of when we’ll actually go to Mars, he’s just saying what gets him the most publicity.

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              Everybody does ; when all voices get equal publicity, there is evolution. When voices that get publicity do so by being put in spotlight by someone looking after their own interest, that evolution stops working.

              My opinion is that centralized search engines and centralized social media and in general centralized services must die. I don’t know how we are going to do it, but they are fucking the humanity up big time, not even what Mr Hitler and his friends did (despite killing a lot of people, that failed to become mainstream and some kind of immunity emerged), but more like rolling back 200+ years of development of civic nations.

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