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[Dormant] Electric Vehicles

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Massive subsidies? Selling the cars at a loss? Using conflict minerals? Slave labor? All of the above?

[–] schizoidman@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 4 points 5 months ago

Or buying from a company that traces source of origin for their components such as Polestar.