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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Seven-day weeks and ‘debt bondage’: China’s first electric car plant in Europe mired in allegations of worker abuse (www.theguardian.com)

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The BYD factory being built in Szeged, Hungary, is facing scrutiny after reports of EU labour laws being violated among the Chinese migrant workforce.

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Asked what conditions are like inside the site, a colleague replies: “Nothing out of the ordinary, when you’re a migrant worker.” His supervisors are very strict and living conditions are “quite harsh”, he says.

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[–] yessikg@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Reminds me of Tesla also doing a lot of questionable things at their plants

[–] Sepia@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Tesla operates a plant in Shanghai for some time.

Elon Musk pledges Tesla to China’s ‘core socialist values’