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From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Thinking of buying a Chinese EV? Here's why you shouldn't.
Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 18:53:53 -0400
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On 5/5/2024 12:45 AM, shawn wrote:
> On Sat, 4 May 2024 23:53:05 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 5/4/2024 7:27 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> 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.