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admin , 13 days ago to world in Led by the automaker BYD, China has established itself as the main car supplier in Mexico. The US worries China could use Mexico as a “back door” to sidestep tariffs and gain footing in the US market.

BMW EV surpassed Tesla sales in Europe for July.

You sure about that?

So how do you figure there is no competition without China?

That’s not what I was saying. What I am saying is that if left unanswered, those cars would kill all of the current competitors over time and then after that we’d be at the mercy of whatever the Chinese car manufacturers would want to charge and we’d be unable to stop it.

admin , 14 days ago to aboringdystopia in Phoenix reaches 100 degrees for record 100th straight day

I’ve lived in PHX in 1991 and it still got really hot but it cooled off a ton during the night. 45°F swings were the norm.

Now you’re lucky to get under 100 by midnight 😭😭😭

admin , 14 days ago to world in Led by the automaker BYD, China has established itself as the main car supplier in Mexico. The US worries China could use Mexico as a “back door” to sidestep tariffs and gain footing in the US market.

Ugh, that is true but no way should we compromise on that IMO

admin , 14 days ago to world in Led by the automaker BYD, China has established itself as the main car supplier in Mexico. The US worries China could use Mexico as a “back door” to sidestep tariffs and gain footing in the US market.

Literally didn’t say any of that. I was stating how the US could be competitive.

admin , 14 days ago to world in Led by the automaker BYD, China has established itself as the main car supplier in Mexico. The US worries China could use Mexico as a “back door” to sidestep tariffs and gain footing in the US market.

The main problem with BYD cars is that they are heavily subsidizing by the Chinese government.

If you remove those subsidies then those cars aren’t going to be very competitive. But the problem would be that by the time the Chinese government stopped subsidies, there wouldn’t be any competition left.

Our best ways to counteract this would either be through heavy tariffs or by subsidizing our own companies in the west.

MAGA wants to do the tariffs route which is basically a bandaid solution that would prevent the Chinese companies from owning the US market but it wouldn’t do anything outside of that. Plus it doesn’t solve is being competitive, it’s just covering its ears and “lalala”’ing the issue for later generations to deal with it. Which honestly, that tracks for basically their whole platform.

If you do the subsidies route though, we’d have to make sure we’re not just constantly lining Musk’s pockets but Tesla is the company has the biggest head start. And Musk is a PoS but the devil’s credit is that our EV market wouldn’t exist without Tesla.

IMO, we need to diversify our EV makers and help provide the capital to bootstrap it. And while that’s happening we need to not let cheap Chinese cars flood the market to undercut any chance we have. So basically we need a combination of both solutions.

admin , 15 days ago to worldnews in For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity. Here's how long they lasted - ABC News

It seems like it used to be 35° but now it’s ~34°.

I don’t have access to the actually study but I would hypothesize that it’s likely because we are seeing more studies about things like this and as we collect more data that’s changing these values to be closer to what we see in the real world.

admin , 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to worldnews in For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity. Here's how long they lasted - ABC News

It’s also at 100% humidity in case that wasn’t clear.

Edit: ok so what he posted wasn’t wrong but the study said that it could be as low as that for some groups of people. For the average person it’s almost 10 degrees C higher which is lower than it used to be.

However for heat sensitive people (not sure what that means) it can be disturbingly low

admin , 20 days ago to asklemmy in Telegram alternate

His ass. This is a conspiracy theory that’s been going around for ages with dubious sources at best.

admin , 21 days ago to news in Trump indicted again in federal election interference case following Supreme Court immunity ruling

My only regret is that I have but 1 upvote to give you. This is a fantastic summary!

admin , 22 days ago to memes in Wish me luck at this critical milestone

www.festoolusa.com obvs

admin , 23 days ago to asklemmy in Which books, YouTube channels, tips, advice, etc do you recommend for budgeting and personal finance?

Honestly, everyone else has it spot on with the retirement advice. Even people that are north of $10M net worth follow that same advice.

For personal day-to-day stuff I would recommend You Need A Budget.

This is a fantastic way to keep a budget.

admin , 29 days ago to news in Georgia approves election rule that could delay vote certification

I misspoke. I meant this isn’t in front of the Supreme Court currently. It might be making its way up there though.

admin , 29 days ago to news in Georgia approves election rule that could delay vote certification

This isn’t going to the Supreme Court. You might be thinking of this vox.com/…/supreme-court-arizona-rnc-republicans-m…

admin , 29 days ago to world in Alex Jones and his fans are intrigued by Putin offer of sanctuary to conservatives

If that doesn’t sum up the path that this crazy ideology leads you down I don’t know what will.

At each step they just keep doubling down 🫠

admin , 1 month ago to asklemmy in What's a piece of technology you LOVE the progress of?

Honestly the apps on my phone that do this are amazing. I bought an adapter that adds a 1/4” and an 1/8” jack so I can listen to it through headphones and it’s beyond anything we had just a few years ago.