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[-] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 5 points 3 months ago

China isn’t paying half the cost. It’s like 10%. I am not going to bother looking up the source I’ve used in the past to argue

Can I beggar you to post the source? A lot of my opinion on the matter assumes they've been subsidizing it a lot more than 10 ish percent and some proof that isn't the case would go a long way to swaying me.

[-] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago

This is the only article I could find on the topic that actually compares figures for both countries (almost all the articles I saw just mention a number for china and talk about their market share).

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

$231B in Chinese subsidy, but that includes mining, battery production and incentives to replace ICE in China, along with proper charging infrastructure.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-21/china-s-ev-makers-got-231-billion-in-aid-over-last-15-years

[-] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I keep meaning to dig out a video I saw on youtube that breaks down how China manages to keep it's labor costs so low. I feel like it needs to be a significant part of the discussion on this, but its also difficult to quantify the costs of restricting movement within your own borders.

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