| ▲ | toenail 15 hours ago |
| The promise that needed 1 billion in subsidies to build a new plant? As soon as the government got involved it was clear they couldn't be profitable on their own. |
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| ▲ | riffraff 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Tesla got a ton of government subsidies, but is successful, there is no causal relation between the two things. |
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| ▲ | tim333 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Tesla I think proved it was competent at making stuff before getting much subsidy. Northvolt seems to have got it up from without much battery making. | |
| ▲ | toenail 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Tesla is still getting tons of subsidies, directly and indirectly. We'll see if they are successful once that stops. | | |
| ▲ | vardump 14 hours ago | parent [-] | | So does the whole car industry. Directly or indirectly. The industry as a whole is nowhere near paying for its true health and environmental damage. |
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| ▲ | atwrk 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Have you seen China? Northvolts demise is completely orthogonal to the concept of subsidies. |
