Chinas record 'EV sales' as well as everywhere else - is 'Plug in Hybrids - aka petrol powered cars' - the same 'we make lecold sales on electlic car' mob are now saying 'zelo percent glowth on electlic car nex year' - the manufacturers are expecting
no extra customers. which means theyre going to be up shit creek very quickly unless they sell something quick. like petrol powered cars. and they will.
The survey in the middle doesnt come up - simple question - 'Would you buy an electric vehicle?'
And the survey saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaays....
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[ + ] SundayMatinee
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[ + ] Rawrination
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[ + ] Crackinjokes
[ - ] Crackinjokes 1 point 3 monthsJan 23, 2025 04:56:55 ago (+1/-0)
Meanwhile a Ford model A from more than a hundred years ago will still happily run down the road because the engine and ignition system is simplicity itself and all metal with no electronics except for a coil.
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[ + ] DukeofRaul
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[ + ] i_scream_trucks
[ - ] i_scream_trucks [op] 1 point 3 monthsJan 23, 2025 03:36:10 ago (+1/-0)*
the smallest new car i can think of say... 15 years ago might have been a yaris piece of shit at i think they were around $18,000 AUD at 15 years ago prices. Same pos now would be pushing 25-30k even a civic is now 50k.
so how are MG (chinese pos cars using an old british label, saic, great wall, ssangyong) selling full sized petrol SUVs, brand new, with 7 year warranties, straight off the lot, for $20,000, NOW. i rented one of them for about 4 months, and they are solid. ish. think back when toyota started pushing shitty cars, then actually came good with really well put together stuff, and are now complete plastic shit again. SAIC/MG right now, is that shitty japanese stage. diff being, Japan was actually trying to do shit properly and came good, China has zero intention of making high quality safe cars with 'wafer thin' profit margins, its not what they do, and the money 'their own government' is pumping into them to keep them liquid *isnt chinese money, its international investments, and a great deal of that directly by the australian taxpayers, and anyone who has a pension account in the country - thats where our 'retirement money' is. FUCKING. GONE. SUNK INTO TOFU CONSTRUCTION, FAKE HIGH SPEED TRAINS, GHOST CITIES, AND THE EV SCAM.
one of two things (probably both) are happening - either MG can literally produce those things for next to nothing (could, because slave labour but you know we are pretending china doesnt do that) whereas australia couldnt compete (because actual non slave wages) AND/OR - SAIC which is Chinese government owned... is bleeding money hand over fist just to flood the fuck out of the market long enough to put literally everyone else out of business entirely.
[ + ] JustALover
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