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Great, so now even cars, one of the few things that if maintained properly you could expect to last more than few years, will now be the same cheap, disposable,
by rfwhyte 5y ago
Great, so now even cars, one of the few things that if maintained properly you could expect to last more than few years, will now be the same cheap, disposable, Chinese made landfill-fodder everything else is quickly becoming.
This "Car" is no different than the cheap Chinese "e-bikes" currently flooding the market. Made out of the cheapest components possible, while cutting every corner possible, and sure they're cheap as sin, but they'll invariably end up in a landfill in a couple of years.
Garbage like this is why we need full life-cycle costs built into the crap we buy. You might be saving a little up front on your "Cheap" EV, but the rest of us will be stuck with the costs of properly disposing of all its highly toxic materials it when it falls apart in a couple of years as it was designed to do.
- drekk 5y agoDid you read the article? Modules might be landfilled but the cars themselves are designed to be repaired, and being made from commodity parts use less finite resources. The issue is that most electronics are not diverted from landfill, not the idea of economic machines that require occasional servicing. Regardless of the cost, most of your waste is not being diverted. China's manufacturing industry shouldn't be responsible for American/European waste mismanagement
- baybal2 5y agoWhat is supposedly toxic in it?
- ashwagary 5y ago>Great, so now even cars, one of the few things that if maintained properly you could expect to last more than few years, will now be the same cheap, disposable, Chinese made landfill-fodder everything else is quickly becoming. Have you tried driving a Ferrari/Lamborghini after putting 15-25k miles on it? This is not new, westerners have been producing very expensive throwaway cars for a very long time.
- Kon-Peki 5y agoI definitely have not driven one, let alone after 15-25k miles. But you know that the standard warranty for a Ferrari is 3 years with unlimited miles along with 7 years of free maintenance, right? And the extended warranty you can buy is for 15 years.