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Chinese Cars Are Good Now and We All Need to Get Used to It
- istillwritecode 3y agoI'm old enough to remember when people said they would never buy a Japanese car because of the lingering resentment over WW2.Some people won't buy Fords because of his alleged anti-Semitism. Some people won't buy Teslas. Times change but many people cling to their biases.
- 8jef 3y agoMany GM models have been made in China, for quite a few years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAIC-GM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAIC-GM
- resolutebat 3y agoTeslas too, and the ones built in China have a better reputation for quality than the US ones.
- _8j50 3y agoGiven China's hostility, I don't think quality makes a difference, they would need to do things that can only be done in China.
- onetokeoverthe 3y ago[dead]
- monero-xmr 3y agoDoesn’t matter how good a car is. The question is if they can pass all the necessary tests and regulatory certifications, and with import tariffs be competitively priced. It’s a very large barrier, which is why when a foreign car company places its flag in America (see Hyundai, Toyota, etc.) it’s a big deal because they are going to be investing many billions in advertising, dealership networks, lobbying, and so on. And they need to sustain it for a decade at least.
- Proven 3y ago[dead]
- addisonl 3y agoPersonally I’d never buy a car made in China. Related, I find it pretty strange Volvo is trying to establish a luxury brand (Polestar) but instead of building Polestars in Sweden they are building them in China.
- noxon 3y agoI’m more concerned about the Chinese software. I rather like the Volvo EVs.
- addisonl 3y agoOh don’t get me wrong, I test drove the Polestar 2 and liked it—miles better interior than the Model 3—but them being made in China was a deal breaker. I’m trying to buy less things made in China and dropping $60k on a Chinese vehicle doesn’t really fit that goal. Plus the shady software as you mention.
- AnonymousPlanet 3y agoHere in Europe we can get Teslas assembled in China. Plenty of Tesla fans here have told me to get one from China because they are of way better quality than the ones assembled in the US.
- user_named 3y agoAmericans have no sense of quality.
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- Supersaiyan_IV 3y agoOh, the software isn't Chinese at all. You can trust me on that one. Source: I don't work for Volvo anymore, but I've authored both Volvo and Polestar 2 code, some of it in the latest 2.10 update.
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- TheLoafOfBread 3y agoThat's nice. Can you also buy parts and get service for them, or when model is out of production, you can't get parts anymore?
- egberts1 3y agoWorse cars ever made, by model name, in no particular order: Trabant Yugo Pinto Gremlin Vega Fuldamobile Goggomobile VAZ-2101/Lada Riva/Zhigul Imp Ion Cygnet Polonez and Ford Mustang II (1974-1976)