BYD asked about taking over Canadian Stellantis plant, mayor says (financialpost.com)

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Personally I'm mixed on the idea. Not a huge fan of BYD as a company, but not really worse than Stellantis at this point and at least they'd be making cars in Canada, so I'd be cautiously for it.

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[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Stellantis only wants to make muscle cars for penis-free Boomers and a shitty van that people would rather wait 14 months on a Toyota waiting list than buy. Ford just makes plastic trucks for fat people cosplaying as contractors. Same with GM with the Shitverado.

But BYD tried to make electric buses in the 'shwa...it was a complete disaster. Even Oshawa didn't buy them.

[-] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Importantly, neither Stellantis, Ford, or GM wants to make cars here anymore. Like I said, I'm not putting a ton of hope on BYD panning out, but a paycheck is a paycheck.

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