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[–] zante@slrpnk.net 16 points 2 days ago (3 children)

EV sales in China have been boosted by government subsidies. which encourage consumers to trade their petrol-powered cars for EVs or hybrids. 

But there is a growing backlash abroad against what some see as the Chinese government's unfair support for domestic car makers.

Just the bbc doing BBC things

[–] logi@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Congratulations, you found the second and third last paragraphs of the article where they tack on a slightly wider view in case you've missed it. It's far from being the meat of the story.

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 8 points 2 days ago

Yeah, bailing local car companies was OK.

[–] syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, there really is talk of tariffs several places to neutralise the price advantage that the Chinese subsidies result in. The Chinese want to promote their domestic auto industries, but so does any other country with an auto industry.

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right but it reads very “omg communism Bad cuz it leads to… affordable electric vehicles… please ignore every other country that produces cars also having subsidies.” The US changed its subsidies to only US built EVs and then complains that the Chinese government is making EVs affordable.

[–] zante@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

When they do it, it’s “subsidies” When we do it, it’s “investment”

The list of government incentives in the UK is long but If china is doing even more , that’s up to them right ? But it’s always implied it’s some kind of foul play.