Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM::The platform was to use GM’s Ultium batteries.

  • TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    We can buy Chinese cars. They are starting to kill it on EV’s, with an already expansive supply chain. It is only a matter of time before they start showing up in the US.

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      1 year ago

      If they get approved by the DOT, which is unlikely both due to government sentiment towards Chinese businesses and the fact of they probably don’t actually meet our safety guidelines

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      1 year ago

      They’re also heavily subsidized by the Chinese government.

      Unless something magic happens and evs get super cheap thats eventually going to end and they’ll just be almost expensive death traps.

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        1 year ago

        The EX30 is supposed to be sold for ~35k, assuming they’re not just straight up lying about it like GM and others.

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      1 year ago

      Chinese cars like Great Wall have been a thing in New Zealand for a long time but they’re quite terrible. Chinese built Teslas seem to be reasonably built, but I would steer clear of any cars built by a Chinese brand until there are long term reliability studies.

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      1 year ago

      Amount of time before ban citing vague security risks like car technology could somehow be used by the military…3, 2, 1…

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        1 year ago

        If you’ve ever seen how Chinese manufacturing continually lowers quality despite your contract requiring certain specs, you’d understand the problem.