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In reply to the discussion: Chinese automakers want to come to US. They could be here fairly soon [View all]peppertree
(23,200 posts)24. A common sentiment around the world, in fact
Take Argentina - where Trump's Mini-me, Javier Milei, parades non-stop as the "most anti-Chinese human alive today" (though the 'human' part is still up for debate).
Electric vehicle sales are finally starting to take off there. And BYD - which sold its first car in Argentina only last September, made up 72% of the 533 EVs sold there this January.
JMEV - another Chinese firm - made up 5% (GM was #2, at 7%).
And Tesla? One.
Not 1%....one car.
And the trend is only intensifying in BYD's favor: https://www.mendocinobeacon.com/2026/01/21/argentina-chinese-evs-arrival/
Their carma ran over Milei's dogma, you might say.
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Chinese automakers want to come to US. They could be here fairly soon [View all]
NickB79
20 hrs ago
OP
These MAGA motherfuckers only want to fucking increase tariffs to fuck us all up. Piss on those fucking MAGA turds.
SoFlaBro
20 hrs ago
#2
Didn't they see how we treated the Japanese and South Korean auto workers in Georgia?
Deuxcents
20 hrs ago
#3
I think we should be able to choose what we want to buy. It's call the free market
walkingman
20 hrs ago
#4
I know, but Ford has leaned on protectionist policies like all of the other American car manufacturers.
SunSeeker
12 hrs ago
#23
I'm guessing that and anticipated tariffs is why you can't go to a showroom and buy one today.
Ilikepurple
11 hrs ago
#26
I remember a month ago watching a video about Russians having no options but China vehicles and nightmare stories about
yaesu
11 hrs ago
#27