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@Nicolas-fm8dz
July 24, 2025 at 12:09 pm
This is the best notifications i misclicked on
@TheresaPreston
July 24, 2025 at 12:12 pm
No, the MERICA doesn’t want the competition. Because they know full well Chinese electric vehicles would outsell and outperform the horseshit Merica is putting out.
@cerisem7727
July 24, 2025 at 12:12 pm
US is afraid of losing to foreigners as always.
They did with Japan in the 70s and 80s, South Korea in the 2010s, and China in the present (even though this goes further back). That’s why they tariff their products to make them expensive to US products or outright ban them.
@ethanpowell2725
July 24, 2025 at 12:16 pm
uhh, easy. They would put Musk out of business so he pays the government to tariff them out of the country.
@dildosaggins
July 24, 2025 at 12:18 pm
If the buildings in China are made of corncob and tofu…lmfao
@sandraschenk6066
July 24, 2025 at 12:23 pm
I hope china can solve the pollution problem created by the rare minerals
@modernoverman
July 24, 2025 at 3:58 pm
China is the biggest polluter in the world
@toddellner
July 24, 2025 at 4:02 pm
Rare Earths used by Tesla have exactly the same problem.
@Zack-bl2gg
July 24, 2025 at 7:37 pm
@@toddellner…exactly? Evs have a lot of issues around the board, while at the same time, there’s less laws about pollution in China.
@Wildman-zh8lg
July 24, 2025 at 12:33 pm
Because china is so sneaky
@TRADITIONALLIFE-b8c
July 24, 2025 at 12:35 pm
Nice video ❤❤
@Berelore
July 24, 2025 at 12:37 pm
Also they have a habit of being Chinese… you know bursting into flame, locking their owners inside for days, falling apart because China fakes everything… etc.
@ohotnitza
July 24, 2025 at 12:53 pm
Because china is known for stealing our data and IP. 🙄 if they would play nice with other countries, we’d love to have their cars. The BYD looks awesome. Japan works great with us. My next car will probably be a Honda EV
@intlvoiceofreason9239
July 24, 2025 at 1:20 pm
Why? because of Elon, that’s why?
@toddellner
July 24, 2025 at 4:02 pm
Yep. Protectionism designed to keep the best selling competitor out of the US.
@MrJCMG
July 24, 2025 at 1:35 pm
With the rare earth minerals, it’s astonishing to me how short-sighted the Western world has been with regard to the Chinese monopoly. It’s not like there weren’t numerous red flags and other examples of China having undue sway over the global economy.
@michaelross1464
July 24, 2025 at 2:04 pm
Heh… red flags
@gamesguy
July 24, 2025 at 2:21 pm
Rare earth metals are not crucial to really anything. We use them because they provide a slight efficiency increase.
@zagrych
July 24, 2025 at 1:49 pm
china also has anti pollution laws that means you are only allowed to drive a gas car on certain days ((a lottery based on your liscense plate number)), which is a further incentive to go electric.
@jayrisen6284
July 24, 2025 at 2:28 pm
What if Chinese model vehicles that has has already had 10+ years of popularity in the US don’t get tariffs?
@robertkaras6315
July 24, 2025 at 3:06 pm
because we don’t trust you – quality, labor, price dumping
@cbpd89
July 24, 2025 at 3:35 pm
It would be super cool to see China lead the way in reducing green house emissions, being such a large country with so much influence it would have a big impact globally. The US has completely abdicated our responsibility to the world to fight climate change, so please someone else step up and do it better!
@Zack-bl2gg
July 24, 2025 at 7:35 pm
I highly doubt that’ll happen though. It’s China. Not to mention they have the highest greenhouse gas emissions in the world, they build new plants every day and the air is dangerous levels in the city. It’s to a point that plenty of parents only have their kids go out on specific days that the air quality is “good”(or rather better, since it’s normally still at a level that would be considered hazardous in the west).
@truperios
July 25, 2025 at 4:35 am
@@Zack-bl2ggIn essence, China is currently the largest annual emitter ( since 2005) and faces severe air pollution. However, the US has a greater historical and per capita emissions footprint ( since 1850) , and of China’s emissions tied to export, it’s largest manufacturing is for American consumption. Simultaneously, China is making massive investments in renewable energy, a vital development for global climate goals. It is complex and China has a greater chance to bring down pollution in the long term per capita .
@alfdlgnaat
July 25, 2025 at 6:36 am
@@Zack-bl2gg they have 4x the population of the united states buddy nice try.
@modernoverman
July 24, 2025 at 3:58 pm
Why would we want Chinese anything in the US
@BoredAndBrowsing
July 24, 2025 at 6:46 pm
Because you’re a stupid and ignorant person who can’t make his own things for the price point China can. Now go back to doing what you dumbasses do.
@toddellner
July 24, 2025 at 4:01 pm
The first reason is irreelevant nonsense. China buying more EVs has nothing to do with why they are not available in the US
Second is relevant, sorta. All sorts of Chinese-produced Internet-connected devices are available here including the computer I am typing on. But yeah, the most important fact is that *THEY ARE ILLEGAL TO IMPORT*
Third reason is also nonsense. The products exist, and BYD has become the world’s largest EV maker, surpassing Tesla. The idea that it’s new and innovative doesn’t hold water
The supply chain and pollution issues for rare earths apply to US cars, not just Chinese ones
In short, this is all a smokescreen other than the part where you blame Biden (yes, weknow Conde Nast bends the knee and licks the tiny orange mushroom. You don’t need to remind us) for the fact that there are still protectionist bans in place
@shadesofpinks
July 24, 2025 at 4:01 pm
In these shorts plz link up the og vids or mention name. Its difficult to search
@donaldkasper8346
July 24, 2025 at 4:25 pm
1. Dangerous, prone to explosion. 2. No dealership infrastructure for repairs. 3. Poorly made, prone to falling apart, parts rotting.
@AMVH2012
July 25, 2025 at 8:46 am
1 out of 3 points are valid, nice.
@tetsuoshima2314
July 25, 2025 at 11:54 am
Sounds like an American car, esp. EV
@grasssnail8348
July 25, 2025 at 6:17 pm
@@AMVH2012 0 out of 3, there IS dealership infrastructure for parts repairs in China, but it is probably not readily as available outside of China
@Ell611
July 24, 2025 at 4:25 pm
Chinese EVs are notorious for being garbage.
@Sandevistanv.2
July 24, 2025 at 6:21 pm
Why doesn’t china embrace US Social media companies?
@A06497
July 24, 2025 at 7:47 pm
Because Chinese EV’s are rolling spyware platforms?
@crosslink1493
July 24, 2025 at 7:51 pm
You forgot to include that the Biden policy, with an additional Trump policy, prohibits Chinese EV sales due to the heavy subsidization by the CCP for the Chinese EV industry to enable them to produce low-cost cars, then subsidizes their export and sale in foreign countries at below-market costs to wipe out competition. China can’t play be free-market policies, it needs to corrupt the system to its benefit. As for Japanese cars, that’s a different situation than Chinese cars. They were in the USA in the late 1950s, they were not tariffed at that time and competed with USA car companies on price and value.
@NaiveOne69
July 24, 2025 at 9:09 pm
Propoganda 😂
@brown-cow
July 24, 2025 at 10:21 pm
Because the west ensured over the paxt 50 years to brainwash their citizens , that all chinese products are crap and break easy.
@Jesse-gr2xo
July 24, 2025 at 11:49 pm
Please don’t interfere with our country. China does not own the US. The 2 countries are separate.
@timeb4ndit
July 25, 2025 at 3:30 am
Yes, because the US has never interfered with other countries…
@hazzmati
July 25, 2025 at 4:51 am
Your country has done nothing but interfere with other countries since 1945
@mac8179
July 25, 2025 at 12:09 am
Reason #4 – Chinese EVs are absolute crap.
@mac8179
July 25, 2025 at 12:10 am
China is a facade.
@cadensam7
July 25, 2025 at 12:40 am
Because the US is cowardly, and literally cannot compete with international competition
@Inevitable_Annihilation
July 25, 2025 at 1:31 am
China is a joke.
@truperios
July 25, 2025 at 4:41 am
In essence, China is currently the largest annual emitter (since 2005) and faces severe air pollution. However, the US has a greater historical and per capita emissions footprint (since 1850), and of China’s emissions tied to export, it’s largest manufacturing is for American consumption. Simultaneously, China is making massive investments in renewable energy, a vital development for global climate goals. It is complex and China has a greater chance to bring down pollution in the long term per capita.
@blitz3391
July 25, 2025 at 7:47 am
An important point to counter is that there is a huge, huge, HUGE number of electric vehicles in China that have simply left to rot in huge dumps because nobody bought them.
@garyoakham9723
July 26, 2025 at 10:27 pm
Except that video was false and you fell for it. Classic American. Uneducated and loud
@AMVH2012
July 25, 2025 at 8:47 am
Deciding which country will treat my personal information worse is a difficult decision.
@plkrtn
July 25, 2025 at 9:32 am
Europe is happy with these Chinese brands because their build quality is so good, especially for the price point. Compared to European and American cars they’re incredibly well built.
@tooltalk
July 28, 2025 at 5:08 pm
Chinese EVs are already countervailed in the EU. BYD is scaling back their factories in Hungary because the Chinese gov’t got caught il-legally subsidizing it.
@Twupa
July 25, 2025 at 2:51 pm
noooo i thought joe biden was perfect…
@poopsmcgee2k6
July 25, 2025 at 4:31 pm
How do you not mention Chinese price destroying domestic production and retail? That’s the sole reason. Is this some kind of Chinese propaganda?
@DanielCarroll-v2t
July 25, 2025 at 5:21 pm
Chinese EVs also burst into flames spontaneously a little too often
@transientcylon
July 25, 2025 at 6:27 pm
American car companies can’t compete with slave labor. China is notorious for this. Look at garlic.
@lugocortez1987
July 25, 2025 at 11:36 pm
And if you add to that the fact they’re garbage 🗑️
@6Euphoria6
July 25, 2025 at 11:37 pm
1st 2nd gen Chinese: Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Hyundai
@bhgirlhello3819
July 26, 2025 at 1:46 am
F**k China – they support fascism in Russia 🇺🇦
@gutspraygore
July 26, 2025 at 2:02 am
China is not an ally and, with the exception of Tesla, Chinese EV’s would further destroy the US automotive market and that means the petroleum market will also be disrupted.
@steelhornet95
July 26, 2025 at 7:49 am
Chinese EVs also have a tendency of spontaneous combustion.
@MultiMenvafan
July 26, 2025 at 3:05 pm
If it wasn’t for the fact that China is a communist dictatorship allied with Russia, I would not hesitate to buy Chinese EVs. But currently it if insane to sponsor an aggressive enemy of the west.
@SteveS86
July 26, 2025 at 3:06 pm
Probably worth mentioning that China massively subsidizes their EV industry and American companies can’t compete on price.
@jfhorizon
July 26, 2025 at 3:39 pm
It is simply to protect auto industry. If they open the market to Chinese cars, the American manufacturers will be destroyed by the competition in less than 10 years. This would be based on a completely superior cost-benefit ratio in favor of Chinese cars.
@neurocache
July 26, 2025 at 7:57 pm
Wired are CCP sycophants.
@stevechance150
July 27, 2025 at 12:39 am
If BYD cars were for sale in the U.S. and there weren’t sky high tariffs added on top, GM would go bankrupt (Again). And we tax payers would be forced to bailout General Motors, AGAIN.
@obadiahnava5419
July 27, 2025 at 1:40 am
Actually, china EV’s are terrible. China has landfills full of their own cars, and no one wants their Bs.
@DanielCheung-re7xp
July 27, 2025 at 5:07 am
Because they’re crap. And they have a long history of being crap. And they routinely fail crash tests.
@massojupiter3436
July 27, 2025 at 9:47 am
But china has gas cars that aren’t allowed in the US either. So it isn’t just evs.
@TS_Mind_Swept
July 28, 2025 at 12:16 am
Every time someone talks about cars, my first thought is “what about trains/trams? 🤔”
@Western_Decline
July 31, 2025 at 4:01 pm
China has an incredible about subway ridership and HSR ridership, too.
@tooltalk
August 1, 2025 at 1:59 am
@@Western_Decline China’s HSR is over $1T underwater.
@keaton718
July 28, 2025 at 11:55 pm
Australia has no problem with EVs. The only issue is that the cars need to meet Australian standards, but all the ones that do are still cheap and sell like hotcakes. Toyota prices are out of control so you can get a Chinese EV for like 1/3 the price of a Toyota.
@CESmith
July 29, 2025 at 11:22 pm
Yeah, Australia gave up on a domestic automobile manufacturing industry decades ago. It’s no skin off their constituents backs if cheap Chinese cars come in.
@zero11010
July 29, 2025 at 1:03 am
Because of the part where every single Chinese company is effectively a branch of their government.
So, your car would be able to report your movements. The conversations that take place inside it.
Feel free to do even a basic search on how often China attempts to hack US companies, the government, and infrastructure.
@iamthepeppernator
July 29, 2025 at 2:02 am
Some thing I don’t see in the comments which I think is also key is how this guy mentioned that they were popular ” in urban centers”. Unlike a lot of other countries, the US and Canada are both very large and not as concentrated in urban centers. Even people who live in cities are going to struggle if they have family in rural areas because public transportation just isn’t as prevalent. So even if Chinese EVs weren’t as restricted here (and Volvo is allowed here as far as I understand, and it is technically a Chinese EV), they would still have issues gaining a lot of market share because of that limitation.
@tonyh7158
July 29, 2025 at 3:44 am
Corporate interest.
@ryanleonard4034
July 29, 2025 at 5:19 pm
Because American companies can’t compete, that’s why.
@tooltalk
August 1, 2025 at 2:02 am
China has also effectively banned all foreign EV battery producers and forced all automakers to switch to local battery “champions,” to protect CATL/BYD since 2015 under Xi’s Made-In-China 2025. China Tonya-Harding’ed the rest of the world, so they could get ahead.
@lavamelon729
July 29, 2025 at 9:15 pm
The American auto industry is traumatized by the introduction of Japanese cars in the 1980s and they’re trying to take preventative measures
@Mackinstyle
July 30, 2025 at 9:15 am
And the American auto industry never ever demonstrated a capacity to outcompete on quality. It’s like America is just running on protectionism and not capability or skill.
@al5945
July 30, 2025 at 2:49 pm
That’s actually incorrect: Only direct sales are restricted. Not all outright Chinese EV sales are banned. Polestar, for example 🤷
@EeveeAsPie
July 30, 2025 at 6:15 pm
EVs aren’t an environmental solution. They’re a solution for the car market! We should be banning all cars
@andrepessoa608
July 30, 2025 at 7:35 pm
Meanwhile, in Brazil, GM sells a Chevrolet version of Baojun. In other words: in the US, Chinese cars are not welcome, but US-Chinese cars can be sold in other countries.
@tooltalk
August 1, 2025 at 1:57 am
China is notorious for forcing out foreign competitors to protect local “champions,” under Xi Made-In-China 2025 since 2013. The leading EV global battery producers LG Chem/SK/Panasonic were effective banned in 2015 to protect their national champions, CATL/BYD, who were still learning to produce batteries, for instance.