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They'll have to buy from BYD, like everybody else.

• jagger27 2y ago
  Which Canada currently tariffs at 100% (long predates Trump’s scheme).
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  • cwillu 2y ago
    “Long predates” is overstating it, the 100% tariff was put in place in october 2024, following the u.s.'s lead.
    • euroderf 2y ago
      Was there some policy reason to follow the US lead ? Follow the Leader does not sound like a valid rationale.
      • jagger27 2y ago
        Because of the tightly integrated and codependent auto industries across both countries.
        • euroderf 2y ago
          Liberation Day will fix that.
• xethos 2y ago
  I'm sitting in a battery-electric bus from New Flyer this very minute. BYD is hardly the only bus OEM around
• sudosysgen 2y ago
  Quebec (ARTM/STM) already uses electric buses from Novabus (Volvo), so no.
• rsynnott 2y ago
  There are _loads_ of electric bus manufacturers; many of the big incumbent manufacturers, at least in Europe, literally have the same chassis in electric and non-electric versions. My local bus system uses these, for instance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_StreetDeck#StreetDeck_Electroliner_BEV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_StreetDeck#StreetDeck_E... - they're available in plain diesel, light hybrid, hydrogen, and electric. Here's another example, available in diesel, plugin hybrid, electric, and _natural gas_: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro400_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro400_Cit... (my local system uses the hybrid version of these). Even for double deckers, which are a bit of a niche and really mostly only used in Ireland and the UK in Europe, there are at least four big manufacturers, only one of which is BYD.