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China’s Abandoned, Obsolete Electric Cars Are Piling Up in Cities (www.bloomberg.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A subsidy-fueled boom helped build China into an electric-car giant but left weed-infested lots across the nation brimming with unwanted battery-powered vehicles.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I recall watching this video sometime back covering this from the subsidy angle with new cars being made and then dumped just for the subsidy.

https://youtu.be/1SEfwoqKRU8?si=C56eFgNl5sB8zuC6

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yup, and I remember clearly a whole army of plausibly state sponsored shills downplaying/voting the story