I don't think the parent comment was making that kind of point. The referenced article was talking about problems that LA officials were seeing at (and with th

I don't think the parent comment was making that kind of point. The referenced article was talking about problems that LA officials were seeing at (and with the vehicles produced by) the BYD plant that is the subject of this post's Ars Technica article. And I can vouch for that; as I detailed in another comment, I often ride BYD buses that are old enough to be in the scope of the LA Times article, and there are issues. I expect this electric vehicle maker will get their act together with time!