In my opinion what will happen is old fashioned protectionism.
Western governments are still kind of dumb but they're wisening up.
The US for example does it through incentives: if the car AND the batteries have been built in the US, the car is cheaper. Just the car was built in the US? Lower subsidy, more expensive car. Nothing built in the US? 0 subsidy, much more expensive car.
The EU will probably do the same within max 5 years, European car brands are about to be wiped up if they don't, just like:
Western governments are still kind of dumb but they're wisening up.
The US for example does it through incentives: if the car AND the batteries have been built in the US, the car is cheaper. Just the car was built in the US? Lower subsidy, more expensive car. Nothing built in the US? 0 subsidy, much more expensive car.
The EU will probably do the same within max 5 years, European car brands are about to be wiped up if they don't, just like:
* Nokia
* Siemens
* Ericsson
* Alcatel
* Sagem
* ...
etc were wiped out by Asian phone manufacturers.