[eucyclos]

It is weird to me that nobody wants to import Chinese electric cars. If Chinese investors and politicians are really subsidizing the production of electric cars, importing them would be basically having the new grid subsidized by a foreign government!

[crote]

The usual argument is that this kills the domestic car industry, leaving us fully dependant on Chinese cars: what's going to happen when they hike their prices by 1000%, or threaten to stop all exports?

[eucyclos]

Then at least all the rare earths inside the cars we've already imported are inside or borders ;-)

[ericd]

Pretty sure it's because a domestic auto industry is considered strategically important to maintain in case of war. Also, the supply chain employs a lot of people and maintains industrially important skills.