megaThan0S@alien.topB to Electric Vehicles@gearhead.townEnglish · 1 year agoWhy isn’t BYD in the US yet?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhy isn’t BYD in the US yet?megaThan0S@alien.topB to Electric Vehicles@gearhead.townEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredirty_old_priest_2@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoFord wasn’t chased out of Virginia and Ford made no indication they were. There were concerns with their ties to CATL and the CCP.
minus-squarelostinheadguy@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agohttps://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2023/01/17/virginia-governor-nixes-ford-catl-battery-plant-plan-over-china-ties/69815982007/ The Governor himself rejected Ford’s plans for the plant. That goes way beyond simple “concerns”.
minus-squaredirty_old_priest_2@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s because Ford had already chose not to come to Virginia. So, then, VA can say the CCP didn’t get to put down roots in our state.
Ford wasn’t chased out of Virginia and Ford made no indication they were. There were concerns with their ties to CATL and the CCP.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2023/01/17/virginia-governor-nixes-ford-catl-battery-plant-plan-over-china-ties/69815982007/
The Governor himself rejected Ford’s plans for the plant. That goes way beyond simple “concerns”.
That’s because Ford had already chose not to come to Virginia. So, then, VA can say the CCP didn’t get to put down roots in our state.