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How do the modern Chinese $10k cars compare? Genuine question.
by Baeocystin 2y ago
How do the modern Chinese $10k cars compare? Genuine question.
- Animats 2y agoThe BYD Seagull, at US$11,000 before the new 100% tariff, gets decent reviews.[1] [1] https://insideevs.com/news/710364/byd-detroit-import-seagull-caresoft/ https://insideevs.com/news/710364/byd-detroit-import-seagull...
- theamk 2y ago> This imported Seagull wasn’t made to pass U.S. crash standards Interesting but not something one would want to drive.
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- Modified3019 2y agoChina is a difficult place to try to pry factual information out of, but I wouldn’t be keen to go that route. I’ve seen some indication on social media of an elevated amount of severe failures of materials and/or poor welding in new vehicles from China. This leads me to suspect the usual corner cutting or outright fraud on material quality that makes China so risky to do business with. It is difficult enough to hold western automakers to account for failures, I would not want to attempt to need legal recourse from Chinese companies.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoThe BYD Seagull meets European safety regulations.
- asadotzler 2y agoTake the subsidies away and the car is more. Like a Tesla getting $7.5K in EV rebates, Chinese EVs are also subsidized. That Chinese BYD Dolphin, $13,000 in China is $30,000 sold outside of China. Let's assume Chinese are getting a discount and everyone else is paying a penalty, that puts the real price somewhere around $22,000. That $22,000 vehicle is comparable to a Hyundai Kona in the US for $25,000 (not eligible for US EV rebates so Hyundai cut the sticker price dramatically) or the Chevy Equinox for about the same after rebate. As you can see, it's not really the difference the headlines make it out to be.