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Volkswagen seeks to counter rivals with budget EV model

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144 points herbertl | 4 comments | 06 Mar 25 00:36 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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kcb ◴[06 Mar 25 00:48 UTC] No.43274788[source]▶
Sounds like the US needs to target it with tariffs quick. Surely it will be better for our economy to ensure the survival of a couple zombie automakers than it would be to bring accessible EVs to all.
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jakelazaroff ◴[06 Mar 25 00:55 UTC] No.43274833[source]▶
You jest but one reason Chinese EVs aren’t available here is that there’s a 100% tariff on them. One hundred percent! Enacted under Biden, no less.
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JumpCrisscross ◴[06 Mar 25 01:16 UTC] No.43275022[source]▶
> one reason Chinese EVs aren’t available here is that there’s a 100% tariff on them

Our egg prices are also high because we block Mexican and Canadian imports. Trump continues a multi-decade trend of taxing consumers to subsidise business owners.

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1. IncreasePosts ◴[06 Mar 25 02:16 UTC] No.43275566[source]▶
The US is the largest egg producer on the planet. We export a huge amount of them(#2, behind Netherlands I think). We don't need eggs to be imported from Mexico or Canada.
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2. kalleboo ◴[06 Mar 25 03:52 UTC] No.43276214[source]▶
The consumers looking at egg prices 3x that of the ones across the border would disagree that they don't need eggs to be imported.
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3. JumpCrisscross ◴[06 Mar 25 04:07 UTC] No.43276309[source]▶
I suppose he’ll deliver on his campaign promise when our egg exports are tariffed!
4. IncreasePosts ◴[06 Mar 25 16:21 UTC] No.43281931[source]▶
Okay, and I'm sure Mexican and Canadian consumers would disagree with that because they don't want to deal with egg prices 5x what they're used to.

Canada and Mexico don't produce enough eggs to have any effect on the egg shortage in america. Which, to note, has been an issue since 2024. It is not related to any kind of trade war that Trump is starting