schizoidman

Conflict materials can be avoided with LFP batteries that are basically only made in China.

I suppose those high octane petrol advertisements would count?

But do you use the equivalent of a Nokia 3210 phone?

Does rule 6 not apply here?

I used the autofill function in voyager. Not really sure what happened with the punctuation.

Trolleybuses have been replaced by metro systems in many parts of the world over the past several decades. Going back to trolleybuses makes little sense.

Tesla does not make Lithium iron phosphate batteries which the RWD model uses.

There are some other U.S.-market EVs that contain Chinese batteries, like the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the all-wheel-drive variant of the Toyota bZ4X

There is more information in the article than just the headline.

This is for the S series lineup. Samsung still have their A series and M,F,C series in other markets.

My assumption is that if Chinese EVs manufactured in Mexico prove to be superior to domestic alternatives, it could undermine the narrative of Chinese EVs being better due to factors like cheap labor etc.

That's false. The same car is sold in Mexico & Brazil and probably other countries as well

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/01/byd-dolphin-mini-rolling-in-mexico-cheapest-electric-car-by-far/

My guess would be Toyota selling badge engineered BYD

https://drivenews.co.uk/p/toyota-plans-using-byd-s-plug-in-hybrid-dm-i/23746