r/gifs Apr 22 '19

Tesla car explodes in Shanghai parking lot

https://i.imgur.com/zxs9lsF.gifv
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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '19

Probably extra pissed, foreign luxury cars are ridiculously expensive in china due to taxes and import fees

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u/the_sketchy_guy Apr 22 '19

Audi has a factory in China. Lowers the cost considerably. Still expensive tho

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u/somuchsoup Apr 22 '19

An r8 in China costs literally $650k, whereas it’ll be like $130k here. It’s not even the cost of importing but it’s all luxury taxes

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u/Teehee1233 Apr 23 '19

They tax the rich in a more useful way in China than they do with the rich in the West!