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by 999900000999 89 days ago
Ok.

So instead of being able to buy a 10K BYD car, Americans have to buy 30k cars that are inferior in many aspects.

It would be easier to just pay fired American Auto workers directly over protecting inefficient auto companies. I have no sympathy for Ford who keeps making the F-350 or whatever bigger and more expensive every single year. Nobody needs a $90,000 truck

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Customers keep buying those trucks though. Why wouldn't you sell a product to a market that continues to purchase?

There are smaller, cheaper trucks, suvs, sedans, etc. $100k trucks make a lot of money, so Ford keeps building them.

Ford could sell 15k EVs, they just choose not to.

Why should ford be protected from Chinese car manufacturers who can make better and cheaper cars.

A 143 kWh battery pack alone costs around $10k. I don’t think they can realistically sell $15k EV trucks.