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[โ€“] Don_alForno@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dear Swedes, please save us.

[โ€“] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Dear Chinese*

Volvo and Polestar are owned by the Chinese.

[โ€“] Don_alForno@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The article is explicitly about the company CEO's objections to the change of course in Brussels. Neither of them are Chinese.

Anyhow, if it's the Chinese that save us from shooting ourselves in the foot, that's fine too.

[โ€“] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 hours ago

Okay so I read it too now and you're right in that it's the Swedes calling for the EU to be sensible, but it's still the Chinese saving us from ICEs essentially - because they get to give Volvo (and Polestar) directions and besides some of the newer models are shared platforms with their other makes too.

[โ€“] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah well, I can't read the article, I don't have a Guardian subscription.

[โ€“] Don_alForno@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Huh. I don't either but can read it just fine.

[โ€“] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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I don't accept peronalised advertising or cookies anywhere.

[โ€“] OxiZero@feddit.uk 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Use reader mode, the popup magically disappears.

[โ€“] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 hours ago

Oh, thanks! Thought everyone had fixed that already.

[โ€“] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 hours ago

I would rather see the Union succum than to see it a vassal of china