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Hypx ,
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It's the result of massive subsidies. When they stop, this market will crash like a house of cards.

blazera ,
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Those bastards, subsidizing emissions reducing technologies.

Hypx ,
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Not really. It's mainly about gaining market dominance on a technology they think is the future. They'll build them right next to the massive coal plant alongside a million other things they're subsidizing.

blazera ,
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Even if its not some altruistic reasons, they still are literally subsidizing this emissions reducing technology.

Tho they are also going pretty ham on subsidizing renewable energy too.

Hypx ,
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You won't be saying that once the market crashes. You'll realize that there are much better ways of spending that money. Like far more practical emissions reducing solutions.

blazera ,
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How do subsidies=crash, and what are more effective emissions reductions solutions than renewable energy and electrifying transit?

Hypx ,
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You’re better off spending it on stuff like mass transit and the like. It won’t just all disappear at some point in the future.

buzz86us ,

And we could be doing the same if we ditch big oil subsidies.

jackalope ,

You could say the same thing about fossil fuels in the USA...

agitatedpotato ,

Or all of the food in the USA. Imagine all agra subsidies stopped. Probably a bigger deal than a EV market disruption.

buzz86us ,

Well honestly we need to stop with corn subsidies. It is used far too much in our food system. Corn sugar just needs to stop.

hansl ,

Like their housing market right now.

trackcharlie ,

This is a ridiculous propagandist article.

Buddahriffic ,

It might be, but with the state of EVs in North America (or the auto industry in general), it could also be true.

Not that I'm holding my breath. China is certainly capable of competing with the half-assed efforts seemingly more intended to prove that EVs are bad than actually sell them, but I also wouldn't put it past them to make their cars into even worse spy devices than the other companies have made them into. The only reason I think this might not be the case is they'll get a lot of attention from people specifically looking for stuff like this. But if they include any kind of connectivity features that those security people give a pass on, then future updates can add in the spying stuff later.

I really just want a car that isn't capable of connecting with anything other than a charger, which then only uses the data connection to manage the charging, and payment is managed separately. Even those code readers could be bypassed by just showing that information on the dash display, though I will give a reluctant "this feels like you're just making people spend extra money to do maintenance/repairs" pass for that connection.

I'd prefer a basic connection to my phone, too, like just audio, since a full connection could use the phone to send data home.

TexMexBazooka ,

They also have fields of decaying vehicles that were built solely to take advantage of the subsidies

Neon ,

idk why you're being downvoted, you're absolutely right lol

Chinas EVs are not built to standard and are used in majority to grab cheat the Central Government for subsidies

ivanafterall ,
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I want a free one that prints money.

jackalope ,

Considering the subsidies from the cpc, they all kinda do lol

KingThrillgore ,
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BYD would eat the market alive if they sold their EVs here solely on price.

Tristaniopsis ,

Bite Your own Dick.

ItsMeSpez ,

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.

meliodas_100 ,

Lmao.

blazera ,
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I want a top speed of 50, 100 mile range, single seater, and a price tag to match

AtmaJnana ,

An ebike can do all that.

Gazumi ,

It is fascinating to read assessments of the new Chinese industry based upon comparison to lowest budget small enterprise items bought 5-10 years ago. Wasn't this originally the same said of Japanese watches and cars? Tesla has zero long tern reliability data and lots of concerns about their failures to step up to repair faults. With electric cars, everyone is at the same point for development, except the Chinese, who have been at it longest

nix ,
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Electric kei trucks?

Gradually_Adjusting ,
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I want an Opener Blackfly

Coreidan ,

I don’t want any EV

cm0002 ,

The Argo Buggy 2379?

Imgonnatrythis ,

Batmobile EV?

sandayle ,
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Can't read. It says you need an account.

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