I would like an electric 2004 Dodge Neon…
Does China have that? Not like in build quality, I know they’re trash, just that exact car.
Considering how much respect China has for western intellectual property… probably. Somewhere.
Though not Chinese, there are companies nowadays offering conversion kits for older, ICE cars. Electric Twingo, here I come!
That’s already coming down the Pike
Like most Chinese products I wouldn’t trust their quality or their customer support, and would expect the thing to spy on me 24/7.
I plan to rip out the power to internet in any future car I get. Cars shouldn’t have to connect to the internet
The Ora Funky Cat had an issue where it would not terminate charging consistently before unlocking the charging cable, leading to customers being greeted by a loud bang when disconnecting the cable.
On the bright side, if they weren’t completely awake before, they would be afterwards.
You do realise that anything made in the USA or even sold to be used in the western world has the CIA sucking it all up.
Like sure China are gonna spy but let’s not pretend the USA, UK, Australia, and Israel ain’t spying on us all.
In my experience, Chinese products are way better and more affordable than American ones.
Buying American is just a scam to fool people with more money than sense.
Mark Twain was right.
You must not use Amazon.
I was specifically thinking about products I got on Amazon.
Headphones, especially. It really cemented in my mind that most “audiophiles” are just idiots with more money than sense trying to fit in with the same.
In my experience, you’re wrong.
That’s fine.
Spend your money how you want.
I will continue to spend my money irresponsibly.
You’re not alone.
In my experience, you’re right.
I wonder if the MFs who complain about Chinese stuff really thought their phone is made in Finland… LMAO…
So, basically no different than we already have…
So why hail them as some revolutionary?
Electric kei trucks?
BYD would eat the market alive if they sold their EVs here solely on price.
I want a car without spyware.
Even American cats have spyware. Not sure what your choice is there. At this point, I’ll settle for cars with physical buttons for climate and other commonly used controls.
Even American cats have spyware.
And they have since the 1960’s: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Kitty
That typo was totally worth learning about this
Do they have an electric truck that isn’t the size of a small house?
Straight up if I could get an electric Kei truck I’d be over the moon
Well … then 1.5k for the good battery and other options and like … another 5k for shipping related expenses. That blew my mind how expensive it was to import.
And you get a truck 3 dudes can pull backwards with a top speed of like 36mph. It’s basically a very robust power wheels.
Man, this is the Power Wheels I needed as a chunky kid.
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I want an Opener Blackfly
I want a small, fun roadster. Or a hot hatch. Or a sport wagon. And I didn’t see one listed.
A Mitsubishi Legnum Electric would be an instant buy for me.
An e-civic would be phenomenal…
Tweak the motors to simulate vtech!
Toyota had a concept EV that simulates a manual transmission (including “stalling,” coasting, and “engine braking”), that it showed off last year to some journalists. People who drove it say it’s a ton of fun.
If someone makes an electric equivalent to the Pontiac Fiero I’m getting a drivers license. Small, cheap, fun.
Hell yeah. Or an MR2. Or an S2000.
Carice? Harks back to the small British sports car.
Man, if some Chinese company rebooted MG I’d be so happy
yeah! Just look at that…beauty…
Kinda looks like a Volvo XC60…
MGs are still around, made in China but I see a lot of them on the roads here in Australia.
I want the kind of EV that’s made in Japan.
Mmm… mag lev…
A Gundam then. That will be $725M for the base model without Beam Saber and shield. Would you like to pay in cash or card?
What if I steal Fort Knox on my test drive? Will that work?
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You’ll be waiting a while. They’re still trying to figure out how to replace fax machines.
Cut them som slack they just recently made progress in removing the floppy as an essential peice of technology for their citizens
So is the rest of the world.
Lmao.
The amount of Chinese propaganda around EVs is astounding
The Atlantic is an American magazine. Its an opinion piece by a guy who runs another car review and discussion website that is full of articles about non-Chinese cars. The person who posted it has posted a variety of articles about tech from all over the world, including Tesla. Like I asked another user, what part is propaganda? Are Chinese people just never allowed to speak positively about anything they do? Because that’s the implication of these off-topic posts.
As a professional car reviewer, I couldn’t travel to test-drive interesting cars during the early pandemic, so I did the next best thing: went to the website Alibaba, and bought a Changli. After I paid $2,000 for shipping and customs, the car arrived at my doorstep months later in a massive cardboard box.
But if you’re hoping that you might be able to buy these cars like you do so many other Chinese-made gadgets, keep dreaming.
I went to one of the links and some of their cars had a 404 error, so I’m guessing that’s what their repairability and warranty would be like in the states.
“Whatever kind of EV you might want, chances are China has it.”
proceeds to describe a car that’s slower and has less range than my e-bike
Kinda curious what the other options are, I got hit with a paywall.
I want an Aptera. Any solar cars available in China? A Telo would be sweet but they’re super early on.
I don’t want any EV