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Bradley Brownell
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VW builds its cars for China IN China. There are no tariffs on VWs for the Chinese market. They have partnered with SAIC to build cars there since 1983. That’s the point, VW can’t compete with BYD. It doesn’t matter if the playing field is level, the playing field is the playing field.  Read more

Look, I love Cleveland. There’s basically nowhere else in Ohio I would consider living.  Read more

I recently returned from a trip to Mexico, and BYD is already a SERIOUS player there. It’s a big deal in the EU as well, something like five percent of the market over there.  Read more

Sorry, it was my intention to convey that paying the $35 plate fee provides books for a year, not that the kid only gets books for a year.  Read more

Whose bicycles weren’t getting repaired while those jamokes were off defying God’s will? Read more

Is that different or worse than the migrant child labor found in some U.S. auto plant supply chain facilities? Read more

Our military budget is 820 billion, so why can’t we spend 15 billion investing in EV infrastructure and push development from U.S. automakers? At this point it seems like a national security issue.  Read more

Only the engines were destroyed. Scrappers absolutely had an opportunity to take parts off of C4C cars. Most decided it wasn’t worth it because China was paying big bucks for steel, so they just got sent to the smelter.  Read more

I mean, I bought a Ford Aspire for a mini-keg of Bell’s Oberon and a gift certificate for one (1) Wendy’s Baconator. And that was in a post-Cash-For-Clunkers world. It’s not impossible, though it is rare. Read more

I mean, that’s literally the definition of an outlier.

Don’t worry, I’m an outlier too. My fleet’s average age is 35 years old. 

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