• shawn1122@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    Subsidizing practical applications of clean energy seems like a moral good to me.

    Are they attempting to control the market? Even if they are the solution is to produce a more competitive product, not sit on one’s hands or double down on ICE vehicles.

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      5 hours ago

      Are they attempting to control the market?

      Absolutely!
      A competitive product isn’t the problem. It’s the fact that they’re intentionally pricing the cars below cost, loosing money on every vehicle. Once there’s no real competition they can leverage that market monopoly to to gain others, or simply increase prices well beyond what they naturally would be. Just like Amazon did with diapers and other markets.