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Biden Is Trying to Buy EVs Time With New Tariffs on China. It Might Not Work (www.wired.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (5 children)

While I’m sure there are financial motives behind this that are backed by the US car industry, it also makes sense if you anticipate a war with China sometime in the future. You don’t really want a large proportion of your population driving cars manufactured by the enemy that can be switched off remotely.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

switched off? how about flooring it into valuable targets? seizing up the freeways? locking up certain passengers?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Sure, I went for the economic impact option, but causing chaos is certainly another way they could go.

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