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Belgium's ports drowning under glut of Chinese electric cars: 'Some are parked here for a year, sometimes more'
Le Monde ^ | May 4, 2024 | Jean-Pierre Stroobants

Posted on 05/06/2024 10:55:39 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 05/06/2024 10:55:39 AM PDT by Red Badger
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when it comes time to dump those batteries...eek.


2 posted on 05/06/2024 10:58:16 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: Red Badger

Salt air and lithion ion batteries are a great combo

(s)


3 posted on 05/06/2024 11:00:52 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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They aim to conquer a European market undergoing rapid change, thanks in part to the subsidies available in several countries for the purchase of electric vehicles.

"Green" parties force the government to pay massaive EV subsidies. Then most of it will go directly to fund China. None of it helps the "environment," since nothing is more environmentally destructive than the mining for battery parts for an EV vehicle.

4 posted on 05/06/2024 11:01:47 AM PDT by montag813
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“ thanks in part to the subsidies available in several countries for the purchase of electric vehicles.”
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aka “transferring slices of Europe’s dwindling wealth to China”. What a great idea, EU. You folks are brilliant.


5 posted on 05/06/2024 11:02:00 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: Red Badger
Maybe the EV fad is over in Europe like it is in the U.S.

Maybe people are too broke to buy a car, either EV or gas.

Maybe people are uncomfortable buying new assets that might get damaged in a possible WW3.

Maybe all of the above.

6 posted on 05/06/2024 11:02:46 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: woodbutcher1963

“Salt air and lithion ion batteries are a great combo”

The batteries are sealed.

“(s)”

What is “(s)”?


7 posted on 05/06/2024 11:04:24 AM PDT by TexasGator
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“Unsafe at Any Speed”

Now that we could REALLY use your expertise, Ralph Nader, where are you?


8 posted on 05/06/2024 11:08:03 AM PDT by alloysteel (Most people slog through life without ever knowing the wonders of true insanity.)
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Chinese cars. What could go wrong?

Just because they're flooding the market with these cheap cars doesn't mean they're a decent bargain in the end.

Just like dumping steel, the chicoms are now dumping autos in order to corner the market on at least the EV’s.

Can't wait to see these POS’s show up in the states. That should make for some interesting “highlights”.

9 posted on 05/06/2024 11:15:00 AM PDT by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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Chinese EVs are very dangerous , they catch fire their airbags DON’T work , the rear of your EV could just fall off


10 posted on 05/06/2024 11:15:28 AM PDT by butlerweave
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and this is from the High end models


11 posted on 05/06/2024 11:16:23 AM PDT by butlerweave
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Sarcasm tag

I would not want a Chinese EV IF it was given to me.


12 posted on 05/06/2024 11:17:43 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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I hope they didn’t pay for those because they’ll never get their money back ,LOL


13 posted on 05/06/2024 11:19:41 AM PDT by butlerweave
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“Sarcasm tag”

Why are you opening after your post?


14 posted on 05/06/2024 11:25:28 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: butlerweave
Chinese EVs are very dangerous , they catch fire their airbags DON’T work , the rear of your EV could just fall off

Plus, an hour after you get to your destination, you feel like driving somewhere else.

15 posted on 05/06/2024 11:28:01 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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It’s always good for batteries to sit unused near salt water.
/s


16 posted on 05/06/2024 11:39:10 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. and hopes they could forc)
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To: Tell It Right

It will not be long before you will be able to buy an electric car for a song—The law of supply and demand will take over. They must lower the price or send the whole lot of these new cars into the land fill. Just wait until the Depression hits. No more worthless paper money, no jobs, and your welfare will only buy you a couple of Big Mack Burgers.($250 a pop with fries). Americans will know starvation for the first time since the Civil War. There will be no more pets or stray animals as they will be eaten for food. Buffalo will become extinct as they are turned into steaks. Guards with orders to shoot to kill will be a feature of every supermarket, with floors stained by the blood of looters. You will be forced to show money to enter a market, or be turned away. A Democratic Dream, GOP Nightmare.


17 posted on 05/06/2024 11:39:59 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell)
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To: TexasGator

Why are you always such a smarmy jerk?

L


18 posted on 05/06/2024 11:41:22 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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A huge hunk of the USA will secede if that were to happen.


19 posted on 05/06/2024 11:49:58 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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Why are you always trolling me. Take your meds and get a life.


20 posted on 05/06/2024 12:37:54 PM PDT by TexasGator
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