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[-] blackbeans@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

They are cheap because of the infrastructure AND because of subsidies. But to be honest, European automotive companies also once started out with massive subsidies. Companies like Volkswagen were completely government sponsored in the beginning.

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