megaThan0S@alien.topB to Electric Vehicles@gearhead.townEnglish · 10 months agoWhy isn’t BYD in the US yet?message-squaremessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhy isn’t BYD in the US yet?megaThan0S@alien.topB to Electric Vehicles@gearhead.townEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKymbboSlice@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago Ford made no indication Virginia was its choice. I read this a few times and I really don’t understand what you’re trying to say.
minus-squaredirty_old_priest_2@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months 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-up1·10 months 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-up1·10 months 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.
I read this a few times and I really don’t understand what you’re trying to say.
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.