@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-216 days agoFormer GM Executive: BYD cars are good in terms of design, features, price, quality. If we let BYD into the U.S. market, it could end up destroying american manufacturerswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square385fedilinkarrow-up1822arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1803arrow-down1external-linkFormer GM Executive: BYD cars are good in terms of design, features, price, quality. If we let BYD into the U.S. market, it could end up destroying american manufacturerswww.nytimes.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-216 days agomessage-square385fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregoferking (he/him)linkfedilinkEnglish12•16 days agoThey saw what happened in the 70s and said never again will they have to actually compete with better products
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•16 days agoToyota had small, fuel efficient cars and that’s what people wanted during the oil crisis.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•16 days agoYeah, them and Datsun. Super reliable cars when US manufacturers were ugly slow tanks that wouldn’t make it 80,000 miles.
They saw what happened in the 70s and said never again will they have to actually compete with better products
What happened in the 70s?
Toyota had small, fuel efficient cars and that’s what people wanted during the oil crisis.
Yeah, them and Datsun. Super reliable cars when US manufacturers were ugly slow tanks that wouldn’t make it 80,000 miles.