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Japanese carmakers ‘very scared’ by China’s rapid EV development (www.ft.com)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If only their country wouldn't be so eager to enter in selfdestructive accords with its suzerain, right now half of cars on entire planet could be produced in Japan. Or maybe half of Japan would be bombed to rubble because that's how this surerain is when someone weaker don't obey.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When your country is occupied by a foreign military, you don't get a lot of choice in your political decisions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't think that foreign power told them to focus on Hydrogen. Japan is still searching for an economic wunderwaffe. Like in the 90s when they tried to leapfrog the west on software by focusing their entire computer industry on Prolog.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm referring more to US forcing Japan to abandon export of chips to their biggest customer https://www.capitalbrief.com/newsletter/us-pushes-japan-netherlands-on-stricter-chip-controls-for-china-3f80bc97-3edc-4368-9482-6ea4b5cbc16a/preview/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm behind but I thought we were talking about electric cars...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I mean it's all related in the end. If Japan bet wrong with hydrogen, then the obvious fix would be to partner up with Chinese companies like CATL for batteries.