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[–] lightnegative@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago (70 children)

Meh, most of the BEV's available are big inefficient wallowing SUV's with hefty price tags regardless of the clean car discount.

I'm hoping some of the Chinese manufacturers will bring affordable sedan or station wagon BEV's to the market. Lighter, better aerodynamics, more range for the same battery size.

Not interested in hybrids, the worst of both worlds

[–] Rangelus 6 points 9 months ago (57 children)

I just cannot bring myself to trust my life to a Chinese car.

I have done business there. I know what it's like. It does not fill me with confidence.

[–] FMT99@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (42 children)

Also it's one thing to be spied on by ad companies (which is bad enough) but quite another to be spied on by an adversarial dictatorship.

[–] Rangelus 2 points 9 months ago

Exactly. Same reason I won't use Chinese brand phones.

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