It’s amusing to me that the same folks to deride Chinese car manufacturers because they are somehow cheating by getting support from the government are the same people demanding that the US government artificially protect the US car industry by blocking Chinese imports. The point being that neither side actually objects to government participation in the market. But, one side uses it to make better products and service consumers, and the other does it to protect worse products from market forces.
Better products? What about geopolitical interests? If China doesn’t need oil then they don’t have to care if the strait of Hormuz is open or closed.
It’s a nice added benefit that they are better for the air, quieter and have more cargo space.
“Struggling” implies the American Auto industry is at least trying to keep pace. But really, they aren’t trying at all. They are content to sit back thinking their current flock of geese will lay golden eggs forever even as more and more of those geese drop dead from old age.
That‘s the main problem in Europe as well. I don‘t mind tariffs on heavily subsidized cars that are designed not to make profit but to destroy our industries. However, even then our manufacturers are in a constant crisis mode and unable to adapt. It‘s really pathetic.
But hey, when the car lobby is dead maybe that means more trains and cycling paths in the long run? Perhaps there‘s an opportunity here.
It’s all thanks to Germany though. They are the ones who have succeeded in scrapping the bill to ban new ICE vehicle sales after 2035
American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace
You mean lobbies the government to ban Chinese EVs, because they have no means of competing whatsoever? Free market for me, but not for thee.
Has always been this way. Back in the late 70/early 80s, Harley couldn’t compete with the Japanese bikes so they lobbied to daddy fed to make sure all the foreign bikes got tarriffed out of existence over 700cc. So the Japanese said “hold my soju” and made 699cc motorcycles that still made more power than the gargantuan Harley bikes of the time. USA has always tried to give US based companies a leg up over objectively superior products. Our tax dollars are why there are any American car companies left, sure Ford didn’t get a direct bail out but we use them for police and other service vehicles across the country which has helped keep them afloat. Plus obviously Chrysler and GM taking govt bailouts and still flailing desperately while making trash vehicles and wondering why they don’t sell. The American auto industry doesn’t struggle to keep pace, it has NEVER caught up to or even compared to the rest of the world. They have always been 30+ years behind any European or Asian vehicle.
So the Japanese said “hold my sake”
FTFY. Soju is Korean.
Thank you🙏believe it or not I’ve been to korea before so I should know that… Been many years.
They could’ve been asking for their shochu to be held though
There was a while when the US was on top, revolutionizing automotive manufacturing. Ford’s Model T and later Model A sold like crazy.
I love history like this! Thanks for sharing! (Hold my sake might be more accurate lol)
American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace
Them being end up second place isn’t new, as these makers can’t help but throw in too many features but cut out the quality or improve efficiency, such as being unable to match the fuel efficiency of non-US compact cars more than 50 years ago.
The Chinese models have more features, more technology, and more connectivity.
Exactly what I don’t want from a car. I want fewer features implemented better, higher build quality, and zero connectivity.
Me neither. Please give me as little as possible.
It doesn’t matter US is so protectionist that american car brands simply can’t fail. Which tbf is understandable and the case in most countries but the point being that car competition domestically is only worthwhile discussion from protectionism pov not actual technology
The US auto industry and market abandoned fuel efficient vehicles and continue to fail to improve BEV’s and the infrastructure to support them.
The American Auto Industry has been struggling to keep pace since the 80s lmao
They only exist because they threw their money at congress to make horsecrap legislation that bans competition.
They even assassinated sedans with EPA laws that stimulates everyone to make SUVs lol.
The only thing they can do is lobby, build bigger, expliot loopholes and maximize their margins.
Spyware on wheels.
So the same as every American electric car
I never understand people like the OP. It’s been proven that US and Japanese cars spy on you, but they then criticise China.
Only difference is where the data ends up. If it’s in China you probably have more privacy at home.
You start from “China bad” and the work backwards to fit your narrative. It’s almost pointless having discussion online on anything about China.
I’ll never understand people who read “spyware on wheels” and immediately assume i’m criticizing (only) China. Then again, nuance is a loan word in english.
So the same as every
American electriccar
Tesla wants a word.
