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by PaywallBuster 776 days ago
Nonetheless

I have to agree with both you and parent reply

it's possible if it wasn't or trade wars it would've been easy to source batteries from china but who can control geo politics :)

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But Musk himself has said that American EV makers can't compete against Chinese EVs without trade barriers. Barriers that western governments have been more than happy to establish.

> "If there are no trade barriers established, they will pretty much demolish most other car companies in the world," he said. "They're extremely good."

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-...