Food for thought! A very strongly worded opinion!
How fair is economic competition with a communist country like China?
Does the West impose too many environmental and other excessive government regulations on businesses thereby e.g. increasing costs? Oh yes!
"... Yet as BYD gobbles up global market share, America should beware the three heads of this dragon – spying on Americans, potentially disabling U.S. vehicles on the road, and undercutting the domestic EV industry.
The Chinese Communist Party controls all major Chinese companies, and America should not join the global rush to give the CCP power over a vital economic sector. Indeed, America should ban the sale of Chinese EVs – both those made in China and those made in other countries such as Mexico. ...
The Chinese Communist Party controls all major Chinese companies, and America should not join the global rush to give the CCP power over a vital economic sector. Indeed, America should ban the sale of Chinese EVs – both those made in China and those made in other countries such as Mexico. ...
Chinese EVs could be equipped with even more powerful spying equipment. They could go anywhere, including military bases, power plants and cellphone towers.
EVs would be far more effective than spy balloons [satellites] at collecting important data, and at far lower cost – because Americans would be purchasing these vehicles. For similar security reasons the Federal Communications Commission banned Huawei and ZTE technology in 2022. ...
Chinese EVs would also allow the CCP to have an unprecedented trove of Americans’ personal data. When people buy cars, they provide information on addresses, driver’s licenses, credit cards and insurance. If they get loans, the company can access credit history, including mortgages, other loans and additional credit cards. ...
Disabling Vehicles. Just as General Motors’ Onstar program advertises that it can stop or disable stolen vehicles, America should not give the CCP power to stop or disable EVs driven in America. ... Chinese car companies undoubtedly have the technology – as well as potentially disabling braking and navigation systems. ...
China has lower costs for labor, both due to its low-wage workforce and from the use of child labor and slave labor in Xinjiang; lower costs of energy, because China has fewer regulations on pollution and relies on domestic coal; and lower costs of capital, because the CCP gives low-rate financing to favored companies. China controls 60% of the world’s critical battery minerals, and produces 80% of the world’s batteries. ...
America can’t have it both ways. Mandating EVs without banning imports from Chinese companies, both those located in China and elsewhere, will give the U.S. auto market to the Chinese, in the same way as Chinese companies are taking over auto markets globally. And allowing Chinese EV imports poses major national security threats, as well as giving the CCP control over the U.S. economy. ..."
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