• sigmund14@alien.topB
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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.