If it manages to be a good, reliable, reasonably well built car on top of that price tag and technical achievement that’d be dope
Only time will tell if they manage it. But we’ve seen a ton of predictions along these lines, kind of ongoing. If China wants to compete internationally they’ll have to overcome the consumer stigma around Chinese manufacturing and also make something that truly competes with the existing auto industry
But affordable, decent quality electric cars would be rad!
BYDs have already surpassed Tesla’s in quality and sales in markets where there’s no tariff barrier. They’re not competing, they’re dominating.
To be fair, surpassing Tesla in quality is a very low bar.
That’s pretty cool!
…consumer stigma around Chinese manufacturing…
LOL You probably typed this on a device made in China.
But more specifically to the auto industry: In prior decades, waves of Japanese, then Korean cars first flooded the US market with cheap cars in the 70s and 90s respectively.
Their affordability addressed a market need, and they sold well each time.
The Japanese and Korean manufacturers improved quality and cost in the decades after each wave arrived.
The cost of new cars in the US is ridiculous right now.
I think cheap cars of reasonable quality would sell well here.
There is zero chance us permits these cheapo cars in… Car lobby don’t want this competition
LOL You probably typed this on a device made in China.
Yes, I’m aware, and I’m quite happy with said phone. But it’s still a real aspect of consumer perception that Chinese automakers will have to overcome
Though as others have mentioned, regulatory protectionism is likely a much bigger hurdle.
My point wasn’t to say that Chinese manufacturing=bad, I was just reflecting on the fact that we see lots of articles with these sorts of predictions, and they often ignore a lot of what it would take for their predictions to come true.
What I really want is repairable, consumer friendly electric cars, but cheaper more accessible electric cars would be a really big win too, regardless of whether they’re manufactured in china.
That’s $11k in China right? There’s no possible way they ship em for that cheap outside of China
Article makes a lot of good points about the negligible EV innovation in the US due to major oil and gas producer interests. It seems like a chicken or the egg problem in the US where high power charging networks aren’t built because there’s not enough EVs on the road to demand better access while there’s not enough EVs on the road because of a lack of charger access. Seems like unless there’s a miraculous shift in US domestic EV cell production, the US is content to be left behind with overpriced ICE vehicles
Yes, they’ve really fucked themselves.
This $11,000 Chinese EV
The new MG4 is set to debut next month
The last time I saw a company marketing a solid state battery for sale it was just a blatant lie.
Now if only my country would let me buy one
For what is worth, I have a MG4 first generation and I really like the car.
