schizoidman@lemm.ee to Electric Vehicles@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoFord's CEO and CFO took a drive in a Chinese EV. What they said next reveals a lot about the state of the US auto industry.www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: electricvehicles@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1-4arrow-down1external-linkFord's CEO and CFO took a drive in a Chinese EV. What they said next reveals a lot about the state of the US auto industry.www.businessinsider.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Electric Vehicles@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: electricvehicles@slrpnk.net
minus-squareEczpurt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month ago“Expensive chinesium” and “cheap for a reason” doesn’t add up. I feel like if the product was that bad or unreliable it simply wouldn’t sell the way it has been. Sure cost plays a part but if it’s cheap enough to be a buying factor, odds are it’s cheap enough to buy outright or have it paid off early.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoYou mean like Shein And Temu? Such great Chinese quality there.
“Expensive chinesium” and “cheap for a reason” doesn’t add up.
I feel like if the product was that bad or unreliable it simply wouldn’t sell the way it has been.
Sure cost plays a part but if it’s cheap enough to be a buying factor, odds are it’s cheap enough to buy outright or have it paid off early.
You mean like Shein And Temu? Such great Chinese quality there.