You didn’t think Chinese EVs were that much cheaper than incumbent brands for no reasons did ya?
Slavery + massive government investment. But hey, we need cheap EVs at all costs!
souls go in, cheap car comes out. cant explain that
Can’t or won’t?
Labor is such a small part of the expenses that go into making an EV that even full-on slave labor would not make a huge difference in the end product’s total cost. It’s like 2-3% even in countries where workers are treated not that bad.
The Chinese cars are so cheap because 1) government support and 2) they invested an absolute shit ton into the industrial infrastructure to support that shit. The second one is the single most significant reason why they are so much cheaper than western EVs. But that’s a difficult pill to swallow for the west, who doesn’t want to accept the fact that the Chinese could make anything other than cheap shit.
That’s not very nice
I’d almost say it’s a tad rude of them.
Maybe they learned from the industry leader Foxconn. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides
so like normal modern work conditions?
[surprised Pikachu face]
