{"id":48575207,"user":"wat10000","time":1781723174,"time_ago":"10 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

What makes BYD different from, say, Volvo, which sells EVs freely in the US?","comments":[{"id":48575596,"user":"teravor","time":1781724726,"time_ago":"9 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

    Headquarters Gothenburg, Sweden

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    Parent Geely Holding (78.7%)

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and if you see the parent starting to replace Volvo engineers with Chinese nationals you will witness sudden change of heart by US officials; until then it really is just a financial fiction","comments":[{"id":48576184,"user":"wat10000","time":1781727253,"time_ago":"9 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

How exactly does the fact that this goes through a subsidiary in Sweden change the things you mentioned?","comments":[{"id":48577227,"user":"cwel","time":1781732021,"time_ago":"7 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Apparently, whether or not the engineers are Chinese is the deciding factor. as long as Nicklas Backstrom is designing the EV, its all good. Or in other words, Chinese scary!","comments":[{"id":48578889,"user":"teravor","time":1781742201,"time_ago":"4 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

    > Chinese scary!\n

\nChinese nationals should be assumed to act on behalf of China, it really isn't difficult to understand even for pathologically empathetic people.","comments":[{"id":48580524,"user":"inigyou","time":1781754024,"time_ago":"an hour ago","type":"comment","content":"

Swedish nationals should be assumed to act on behalf of Sweden.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":6,"url":"item?id=48580524"},{"id":48579211,"user":"cwel","time":1781744509,"time_ago":"4 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

> Chinese nationals should be assumed to act on behalf of China

I acknowledged this, you quoted it.

> it really isn't difficult to understand...

Where does 'it' end? Is the subsidiary not operating at the behest of their parent? I need to know when it's safe to no longer be scared.","comments":[{"id":48579333,"user":"teravor","time":1781745501,"time_ago":"4 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

    > Where does 'it' end? Is the subsidiary not operating at the behest of their parent?\n

\ncorporations are financial fictions. the risk I am discussing is literally the mass destruction and murder of civilians during a time of war. individuals carrying it out will be subject to sanctions (including elimination), only those who are protected by their government will carry out such instructions.

and therefore national security focuses on firms which have engineers that are protected thus.","comments":[{"id":48579516,"user":"cwel","time":1781746979,"time_ago":"3 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Oh, so the point is that cars are scary. true, you have unlocked +1t in funding for the DoD.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":8,"url":"item?id=48579516"}],"comments_count":1,"level":7,"url":"item?id=48579333"}],"comments_count":2,"level":6,"url":"item?id=48579211"},{"id":48579053,"user":"wat10000","time":1781743308,"time_ago":"4 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

That's fine, but what stops those Chinese nationals at Geely from messing with their cars now?","comments":[{"id":48579287,"user":"teravor","time":1781745206,"time_ago":"4 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

do you have evidence that if they wanted to do that they would not be giving orders to European or American engineers? as I said, financial fictions don't matter in matters such as these.

if you have evidence that they have Chinese nationals working as engineers without oversight, you should submit it to the government.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":7,"url":"item?id=48579287"}],"comments_count":1,"level":6,"url":"item?id=48579053"}],"comments_count":6,"level":5,"url":"item?id=48578889"}],"comments_count":7,"level":4,"url":"item?id=48577227"}],"comments_count":8,"level":3,"url":"item?id=48576184"}],"comments_count":9,"level":2,"url":"item?id=48575947"}],"comments_count":10,"level":1,"url":"item?id=48575831"}],"comments_count":11,"level":0,"url":"item?id=48575596"}],"comments_count":12,"url":"item?id=48575207"}

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