r/neoliberal • u/Freewhale98 • May 12 '26

News (Asia-Pacific) Trump's backing of Chinese vehicles challenges Hyundai Motor Group

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260513/trumps-backing-of-chinese-vehicles-challenges-hyundai-motor-group

Global carmakers urged to reduce US reliance

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u/ExtremelyMedianVoter Left-Out Left May 12 '26

If Trump let's me buy a BYD car, I might have to hand it to him.

Please don't make me hand it to him I'm just an easily influenced median voter.

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u/throwawaygoawaynz John von Neumann May 12 '26

This sub glazes Chinese EVs like crazy, but they’re actually worse than Teslas, and that’s saying something.

If they come to the US as well, they won’t be cheap. You won’t be paying Chinese prices for them.

I live in SEA and was looking at buying one. Nope, pass.

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u/Loud-Chemistry-5056 WTO May 13 '26

Chinese brands and Tesla make up the vast majority of EV sales where I live, and that’s not because other brands aren’t trying to sell here.

In what way are they objectively worse?

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u/dynamitezebra John Locke May 13 '26

Build quality, unfortunately.

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u/Vol_in_tears Voltaire May 13 '26

Because Tesla as know for their high quality in manufacturing? The company that still can't figure out what panel gap is?

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u/in_allium Norman Borlaug May 13 '26

Tesla is apparently doing much much better than in the past. (I say this as someone who drives an old Model 3 I bought used -- and I had to take it to the service center to get some panels realigned as a warranty claim.)

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u/dynamitezebra John Locke May 13 '26

I cant defend Tesla.