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Australia not having local car manufacturers really makes it easier for BYD, not having to worry about protectionist tariffs like in the US


yes, they taught us in school that Denmark, which makes no cars, had significantly cheaper cars than... oooh wait a minute, they got sucked into the EU which does make cars... is it still true? how is this handled by EC policy?


Are you proposing that Denmark is a part of the EU because it does not produce its own cars?

Cars are incredibly expensive in Denmark (Not quite Singapore levels, but high). This, however, is more grounded in a cultural difference where walkable cities are preferred.

The US is incredibly car centric - to an extend where US trips can be directly read in my stress levels as measured on my watch. The US is so incredibly noisy and smelly.


>Are you proposing that Denmark is a part of the EU because it does not produce its own cars?

where did you get that idea from?


> ... they got sucked into the EU which does make cars.

Additional taxing is not handled in the EU. Cars are considerably more expensive in Denmark than Germany because taxes on cars are significantly higher in Denmar.


Denmark has companies making parts for car companies elsewhere in Europe.

I don't know the relative size of this industry compared to anywhere else.




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