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They are cheap because they have no standards. Note they are not selling them in most of usa and europe that require safety testing.
by porkbeer 3y ago
They are cheap because they have no standards. Note they are not selling them in most of usa and europe that require safety testing.
- presentation 3y agoI thought they’re not telling them in the USA because the USA effectively are blocking them from being sold via trade barriers and tariffs [1], meanwhile EU is buying a ton of EVs from China [2] and planning to block them with tariffs as the US did [3]. So it doesn’t sound like it’s a quality issue, sounds like that’s just your outdated opinion of Chinese manufacturing. If the western world wants to make the argument that they can do it better, then they need to do it better. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-18/chinese-ev-affordability-frightens-ford-gm-us-automakers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-18/chinese-e... [2] https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/one-in-four-evs-sold-in-europe-this-year-will-be-made-in-china-analysis/ https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/one-in-four-ev... [3] https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilwinton/2024/03/08/if-europe-penalizes-chinas-ev-imports-unintended-consequences-loom/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilwinton/2024/03/08/if-europe...