• FrustratedArtist@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    EU taxes the shit out of Chinese electric cars to protect the automotive industry that failed to innovate here. In fact they’ve only been adding more and more taxes and fees on anything that’s imported, usually putting the costs on regular people.

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      2 months ago

      100% agree in Germany. We have completely lost the entry to electric cars with our main brands and now sanction the imported goods despite f.e. Chinese cars often being more affordable to lower income families; Germany prefers to prohibit diesel cars in certain parts of cities, just excluding poor ppl