• the_lamou@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    This… is about how you would expect a car to hold up in 100,000 miles. That’s not a terribly high bar these days. My winter car is pushing towards 200,000 and I expect it to last another decade unless the frame rust sets in.

    I don’t know what y’all are driving, but I wouldn’t expect even a modern Kia or Nissan to look any worse after two years and 100,000 miles. Sure, the brakes are great, but also not at all shocking in an EV that does most of the braking via regen.

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      1 year ago

      While this is true, there is also a prejudice in a general population that Chinese products don’t survive even the basic level of use and/or are not reliable enough.

      Not only in car market but in general. The first change in general opinion was with Huawei, Xiaomi and other more popular smartphone brands. A d it’s now expanding to other areas.

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        1 year ago

        I don’t actually think this changes anything, though. Mileage only really contributes to wear on a mechanical level, and everyone already knows that EVs have less mechanical wear than ICEs, regardless of where they were made. So what you have here is a car that’s in ok shape after two years. That’s not an endorsement — that’s the bare minimum.

        Hell, American cars from the 80’s and 90’s would still look like this after two years of use.