Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: shawn Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] Thinking of buying a Chinese EV? Here's why you shouldn't. Date: Sun, 05 May 2024 00:45:28 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <20240504171648.000013bb@example.com> <344532592.736557550.523785.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 05 May 2024 06:45:29 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d757ff6469f18bcc654ffc1942a2b4e2"; logging-data="1775042"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX187ytafNspDsjfdvxVQkX3IgJzf8u3hpC8=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:6QyQd2u0F9QixhuG0A2u5RZjFzY= Bytes: 2721 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.