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Xiaomi Has a Luxury SUV for $31,000 That All Western Brands Should Fear
www.wired.com/story/xiaomi-has-a-luxury-suv-all-western-brands-should-fear/Replying to @GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works
Yeah great, I’ll pass on the CCP/PLA owned automobile companies.
Replying to @Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
Thankfully in the US we won’t get the choice because they’re not allowed to sell here to protect our domestic producers from competition so we can just give them more money the next time they need to be bailed out.
Replying to @turmacar@lemmy.world
They pretty much do the same in China. Tesla I believe is or was the only foreign manufacturer allowed to own their Chinese business. Everyone else had to set up a Chinese subsidiary majority owned by a Chinese automaker.
Nothing stopping Xiaomi from doing the same with Ford or GM in the US as far as I know?
Replying to @boonhet@lemmy.zip
US auto makers have done such things before. For a few years, GM sold the Chevy Luv which was a rebadged Izuzu. Ford has done the same with Volkswagon and others.