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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Canada@lemmy.ca ·
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Supersized American cars shouldn’t be a barrier to Canadians getting some great European options - Why are we banning small cars from being sold in Canada?

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Supersized American cars shouldn’t be a barrier to Canadians getting some great European options - Why are we banning small cars from being sold in Canada?

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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Canada@lemmy.ca ·
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Supersized American cars shouldn’t be a barrier to Canadians getting some great European options
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If North American vehicles are considered too gigantic and heavy to safely share the road with reasonably sized European ones, the correct solution isn’t to forgo European-approved cars
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    Chinese vehicles are built with subsidies and sometimes even slave labor to flood the market at artificially low prices.

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      American ICE manufacturers received way more subsidies than Chinese EV manufacturers.

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      When the west does it it’s called freedom but when China foes it it’d called artificial tyranny.

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        So is it okay because the West does it too or wdym

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      oh noes please save me from the being offered the chance to buy modern, well built, and affordable EVs 😢

      One more oversized gas guzzler for maximum price please. And shaft me on the services too.

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      The tech and production capacity is good, there just needs to be stricter oversight because at this moment there are no other producers of low cost EVs and I don’t really care if they’re subsidized when the other players on the market are 15 years behind.

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        You should care where your money goes. Buying cheap Chinese produced cars results in your money being utilized to support Russia in the Ukranian war.

        https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2090006/china-supplying-russia-missile-technology

        https://www.politico.eu/article/china-firms-russia-body-armor-bullet-proof-drones-thermal-optics-army-equipment-shanghai-h-win/

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      Source for that?

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        https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/chinas-chery-byd-may-have-repay-subsidies-after-audit-finds-irregularities-2025-07-11/

        https://www.intereconomics.eu/contents/year/2024/number/4/article/eu-concerns-about-chinese-subsidies-what-the-evidence-suggests.html

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          Thankyou kind human. Edit: I will go to hell for this but China having a car company called Chery, must cause confusion if the Ch is a Shuh sound like Chevy. Maybe the naming was on purpose to seem close to the American brand?

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