What if you dont want your economy to work?

Ok but what if they cannot pay 80% less for one made in China?

Hard disagree on this one. The regenerative braking has a learning curve yes, but the pros outweigh the cons imo. When you brake (in a traditional car or an EV), you are wearing out yor brake pads, turning friction into heat. Done right, renerative braking means almost all energy is captured back, and even lower maintenance by not bothering the brake pad.

It takes getting used to, you hate it at first, which is why tesla has an option to disable it, but there is a reason why most people who own Teslas use it, and other EVs are getting it as well.

What a fantastic piece by a really good author. Worth reading in its entireity, long as it is.

Lets just balace the penny by saying it makes you 100x more likely to succeed.

Or a reverse Narcos TV show where south american authorities enter and destroy US gun factories.

If I understand correctly, carrier locking is different from Bootloader locking. One implies freedom to use the device on any provider network, while the other is for installing a custom ROM. A Samsung flagship can be bought unlocked by paying full price, but you cannot unlock the bootloader and install Graphene, for instance.