USA: E-bikes could become more expensive after June 14
USA: E-bikes could become more expensive after June 14
A new tariff will hit e-bikes on June 14, and costs across the US e-bike market will rise
Cheapflation is a term I have been using, akin to shrinkflation, to describe that the affordability of goods over time is going down because consumers get addicted to cheap (often Chinese) alternatives. I think electric mobility is important, but how many Chinese hoverboards are in our landfills? How much CO2 was emitted to ship them all here? Was it all worth it?
We need affordable electric bicycles, but for national security purposes we should manufacture them (and their components) on this continent. People need to make better wages. e-Bikes were left out of the EV tax credits, which needs another look. But I don’t think we really need more semi-disposable chinese e-bike components.
USA seems to be pulling all the wrong moves when it comes to pollution and traffic engineering. It's as if there's a race to show who can make a more stupid decision. Yes, e-bikes are really the problem, lets just ignore the rise in traffic incident deaths that are on the rise only in USA while the rest of the world is falling.
This is even worse because your numbers are already atrocious.
Taiwan-made Giant ebikes (and others) just got more competitive.
Chinese eBikes could become more expensive. eBikes made in the USA and non-tarriff countries should remain unchanged.
This. Plenty of US companies make eBikes, and most of the very high quality bikes come out of somewhere in Europe.
I mean, yeah I’m all for it. But most of us don’t have the money to buy European/Us made e-bikes. I got mine a few months ago, thankfully. It’s a US company, but they use Chinese parts. It’s a great bike, and I got it on sale for $700. A bunch of the nice ones were like $2500+. So many of us don’t have the option of getting those.
There goes my dreams of having an e-scooter for a good price. Guess I'll stick to my gas powered motorcycle.
FUCK YOU BIDEN!
Last week, the Biden administration announced dramatic new tariffs on imported goods from China, including an increased tariff on electric vehicles. At the time, it was unclear how the new rules would impact the e-bike market.
on top of the common items on the list this will include nicotine and THC vaping devices
Four years of Biden, four years of Trump, and four years of Obama, and not to mention the Bushes and so on has got us back to the coat hanger days filled with cigarette smoke but hey maybe we might get leaded gasoline back too so
how Democrats or Republicans hold any amount of support is wild
It's a shame Lemmy's been overrun with liberals because everything you said is true. Downvoters, please point out a single inaccuracy.
People haven't caught on to the fact that the Democratic party is another front for Republican policy objectives because it's not obvious that they're taking the same donor money. The fast that Biden is making such a bone headed policy move so late in the term tells me that his advisors aren't really in it to win, therefore neither is he.
Terrific, just what we need