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What makes BYD different from, say, Volvo, which sells EVs freely in the US?
by wat10000 4mo ago
What makes BYD different from, say, Volvo, which sells EVs freely in the US?
- teravor 4mo agoHeadquarters Gothenburg, Sweden
- wat10000 4mo agoParent Geely Holding (78.7%)
- teravor 4mo agoand if you see the parent starting to replace Volvo engineers with Chinese nationals you will witness sudden change of heart by US officials; until then it really is just a financial fiction
- wat10000 4mo agoHow exactly does the fact that this goes through a subsidiary in Sweden change the things you mentioned?
- cwel 4mo agoApparently, whether or not the engineers are Chinese is the deciding factor. as long as Nicklas Backstrom is designing the EV, its all good. Or in other words, Chinese scary!
- teravor 4mo ago> Chinese scary! Chinese nationals should be assumed to act on behalf of China, it really isn't difficult to understand even for pathologically empathetic people.
- wat10000 4mo agoThat's fine, but what stops those Chinese nationals at Geely from messing with their cars now?
- teravor 4mo agodo you have evidence that if they wanted to do that they would not be giving orders to European or American engineers? as I said, financial fictions don't matter in matters such as these. if you have evidence that they have Chinese nationals working as engineers without oversight, you should submit it to the government.
- wat10000 4mo ago“Give us the signing keys to the software update servers.” “No.” You really think that’s how that conversation would go?
- teravor 4mo agono. first you need to design the pathway by which control of the computers will allow overriding control over all the relevant control surfaces, something Tesla for example doesn't do. for that you need engineers collaborating all along.
- wat10000 4mo agoI don't understand what you mean. I assumed the scenario was the manufacturer bricking the car, starting it on fire, or making it crash. Bricking is pretty obviously trivial. Starting it on fire would require changes to the battery, motor, or charger firmware, no big deal. Making it crash requires control over steering, motor, and brakes, which any car with modern driver assist features already has. What part of this would a Tesla, or any other car, not be able to do?
- teravor 4mo ago