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[–] IndridCold@lemmy.ca 15 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I say we do this. The ONLY reason Canada put tariffs on Chinese EVs is because of the US - back when the US was our friend. Those days are well over.

From what I understand, Chinese EVs out perform the US ones (charge quicker with longer range) and are way cheaper.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I have a security concern with Chinese EVs.

They're far too computerized, and connected, at this point.

The last thing I want is the ability for the Chinese government to disable a quarter of the Canadian vehicle fleet if they decided they wanted to. Or potentially even worse than disabling them in some cases.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

American cars are the same, and China hasn't joked about making us their 24th province.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

I'm far less concerned about the American government disabling vehicles in Canada. If America wanted to take us over we couldn't even dream of stopping them.

China could benefit from causing problems though.

[–] randomname@scribe.disroot.org 0 points 3 hours ago

No, China hasn't joked about that, but they will do so if they can.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

China isn’t Canada’s friend. Spending money on Chinese goods means you are funding Russia’s war against Ukraine.

If you need to import something, why not import it from the EU? They make EVs. As does South Korea.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-provides-intelligence-russia-ukraine-targets-ukrainian-intelligence-says-2025-10-04/

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

This reasoning is weird. Was buying American goods or UK goods or German goods funding Israel's genocide in Gaza??

[–] randomname@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 3 hours ago

Why buying Chinese goods funding Chinese genocide in Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia?