Sunshine (she/her) to Canada@lemmy.ca • 2 months agoCanada proposes 100% tariffs on Tesla, I have an alternative: open the door to Chinese EVselectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square305fedilinkarrow-up1997arrow-down182
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minus-square@nednobbins@lemm.eelinkfedilink6•edit-22 months agoEvery major country subsidizes R&D. That’s what federal research grants are all about. The NSF, NIH, etc do exactly that. Other US subsidies on EVs aren’t specifically restricted to R&D but US companies could apply it to that, if they want. edit: typo
minus-squarebountygiver [any]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoalso many US companies are pocketing those subsidy money to pay the CEOs anyways.
Every major country subsidizes R&D. That’s what federal research grants are all about. The NSF, NIH, etc do exactly that.
Other US subsidies on EVs aren’t specifically restricted to R&D but US companies could apply it to that, if they want.
edit: typo
also many US companies are pocketing those subsidy money to pay the CEOs anyways.