Doesn’t seem like they’re making better cars, the most innovative things he points out is a funky gear shifter… But that they’re making them more cheaply. That doesn’t seem to be because of any production innovation or finding some hidden efficiency that western companies overlooked, moreso heavy subsidies and state support combined with a cheap labor market. Hopefully this competition makes the west adopt the former and not the latter, but considering the current political environment we’ll probably end up with the reverse.
the most innovative things he points out is a funky gear shifter…
It looks like the article is focused on the myriad styles and scopes of new EVs, production of which remains a struggle for the industry at large.
Once the 1980s-era Joint Ventures strategy broke down, a number of independent Chinese automakers began introducing their own models. And the end result appears to be a car industry in China more akin to the pre-mega-merger US Automotive industry.
That doesn’t seem to be because of any production innovation or finding some hidden efficiency that western companies overlooked
The number of small-sized vehicles is notable. American Big Three car companies have all but given up making coups and sedans, in favor of SUVs and trucks. Toyota’s execs aren’t interested in full EV power train vehicles, leaving that market to Hyundai, Nissan, and whatever’s happening at Tesla.
This isn’t radical innovation of the concept car so much as it is radical entrepreneurial in the country where you’d least expect it.
What good is it if the US wont import them>?
Oh but we will.
Only with a massive tariff. Way higher than the one on foreign trucks
Funny thing is the Chinese are giving out massive subsidies to counteract those tariffs.
Crash them into a wall and see how much better they are then.
According to Euro NCAP every Chinese car from 2022 to 2024 scored the maximum 5 stars.
OP, how much is China paying you to post articles on how good Chinese technology is and how well it’s doing? Your post history is… fascinating.
Be a car enthusist
Discover new kind of foreign car
Geek out over it
Get $200 from that country’s government
Lather, rinse, repeat
Buy a McLaren.
No thanks, lol.
