Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] Thinking of buying a Chinese EV? Here's why you shouldn't. Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 18:53:53 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <20240504171648.000013bb@example.com> <344532592.736557550.523785.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 00:53:54 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="610c15a98ef7a67279862241f4cec509"; logging-data="2229851"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+twigsmpNHqoNOfJnJslJNTFANzYVIgIQ=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ARs79jBQRzNha4hD89iB9iKFLrY= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3078 On 5/5/2024 12:45 AM, shawn wrote: > On Sat, 4 May 2024 23:53:05 -0400, moviePig > wrote: > >> On 5/4/2024 7:27 PM, anim8rfsk wrote: >>> moviePig wrote: >>>> On 5/4/2024 5:16 PM, Rhino wrote: >>>>> An interesting video about Chinese EVs and why you really shouldn't buy >>>>> one, despite the usually attractive price: >>>>> >>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HpkDUWAKFM >>>> >>>> I'm not expert enough to know whether to trust that guy and his video. >>>> >>> >>> Most Chinese manufacturing is like that >> >> Still, I remember a time when that was Japan's rep. And then it wasn't. > > The problem with China being that the market place is so large that > there will always be companies in the country with a justified bad > reputation even if most of the products were well made. > >> Point being, there's a lot of money that would like to strangle Chinese >> EVs in their infancy ...and I don't know this video guy from Elvis. >> >> > > This guy has been reporting and even living in China for years. Mostly > reporting on the dark side of the country. Things that others have > reported on like the cities that were built but no one lives in or the > short cuts many construction companies have taken over the years. Even > the EV issues have been reported by other people. > > Does that mean that all EVs from China are junk? No, but it does mean > that the buyer needs to be cautious and make sure they know what they > are likely getting and not just go for the cheapest product. It's not > that all Chinese products are awful but that with such a large market > it's easy for fly by night companies to form and rip people off. I could see your description as indicative of a market where a savvy buyer could find quality bargains.