• CloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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    3 months ago

    The CPC isn’t letting Elon sell his shitty death trap truck here in China, and even if he could, Dongfeng has an electric truck that’s better quality and cheaper so only the most Westoid brained Chinese would consider buying one.

    Hell, even the functional Tesla’s are a rare sight, because electric cars here are simply outpacing them in terms of reliability and features. BYD has a feature where if you plug a car with an empty battery to a full one, the batteries will level out to around 50% each. Like you can do with a gasoline car. I’m pretty sure if tried that with a Cyber Truck, it voids the warranty and has a 50% chance of bricking one or both of the cars.

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      3 months ago

      I wonder if the lack of E-L-O-N genius/expertise can also explain why there’s so much high speed rail in China compared to the just about fucking nothing in the disruptive innovative playground that features neon-lit car tunnels in Las Vegas curious-sickle

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      3 months ago

      I have been enjoying just talking to people I know (all Americans) about how shit Teslas are compared to BYD and other Chinese EVs. They write me off as a CPC fanboy (ok, guilty as charged) not only because they consider Teslas to be a “premium” brand, but also because Americans’ egos can’t let them accept that China is doing something better than them.

      I’d like to think that one day I’ll get to see their brains break when they realize that the little that Americans do make is dogshit compared to what China can do. But then again, there’s still way too many Americans who think universal health care is less efficient and leads to worse health outcomes than our current system, so they may all just cope until they die.

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        3 months ago

        Lmao the u.s. had to implement a 100% tariff on chinese ev’s to keep american cars competitive. They wouldn’t be doing that if chinese ev’s were actually worse than american ones