Affordable…but no mention of prices.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/chinese-ev-canada-9.7270657
It’s expected to cost less than $35,000 Cdn.
There’s still no mention of price tag, just that it’ll cost less than 35k based on what the import agreement stipulates (i.e. half* the quota of EVs cost less than 35k and half more).
So this will be part of the under 35k quota
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A $35k SUV would be crazy if true. Only missing detail is how reliably they run and repair here.
The Chevy Bolt isn’t bad
Nice! You love to see more competition!
Sadly they converted the factories because of the competition.
I think market-specific branding would help Chinese companies in the west.
super popular in Australia (we have no quotas and no tarrfis)
still a lot of sinophobia but that was the case way back as well. An example, my Grandfather was in WW2 and he said he would disowned my dad if he bought a Toyota when I was a teen (am 60 now). And when Sth Korea launched their cars they’re were laughed at.
Yeah there’d be a huge dummy spit here if suddenly barriers were thrown up to Chinese…cars in Australia. Lots of people driving them, using them as battery backup for home solar systems.
i used V2L on mine once during a power outage, a storm took out some trees that took out some power lines. Mine comes with a 3 plug GPO, one end to the car charge port for power, the other one extension cord to the fridge, one to the freezer and the other to a couple LED desk lamps, router and NBN box and USB charger. We’d lost power for about 2 days. Barley budged the battery level in the car.
V2H and V2G will become more of a thing as well eventually although lots of folks are busy installing home batteries.
Yeah they’ve been a game changer and they’re helping us build a very resilient grid. If I owned it’d be a no brained for me as well. I’d have one and I’d have it plugged to solar.
I’d guess people will get used to the brand names. Hyundai was like that too. Most people will eventually settle on some bastardized pronunciation of the name, like this guy.
Most reasonable people won’t care, but I think a measurable percentage would be turned off by it, which you don’t want when entering a market.
It’s easy to drive a Merc, Benz, Bimmer, Chevy, Ford, or V-dub.
It’s harder (heh) to say “whoa he’s drives a Dong”
“I’ll be there in 5 minutes, look for a black Dong”
Idk maybe it’s easier after all.
Won’t be an issue 10 years in and global brand value is more important, especially when entering a market to compete on price rather than on prestige.
“did you see that Dong run the light?”
I have no idea how to pronounce it correctly. Hi-oon-day? I say hun-day
Rhymes with Sunday and pronounce the first Y.
Because Scion sold so well right?
Everybody worldwide knows about BYD.
And the propaganda goes on … the first Chinese EVs have already arrived in Canada, and they have price tags between 120,000 tp 160,000 …
Dongfeng will not arrive this year. And even the official agreement between Canada and China in January says,
With this agreement, it is also anticipated that, in five years, more than 50% of these vehicles will be affordable EVs …
It is anticipated (not legally binding), and within 5 years.
But Donfeng had a VIP cocktail in Montreal and they need some advertising.
That’s a lot of salt jus to say “these EVs haven’t really arrived yet, not expected to be sold in 2026” (that’s literally the first thing the guy says in the video)
You seem really disappointed at not having more low-cost Chinese EVs in Canada sooner. Me too. Many are.
There is no reason to buy a car made by forced labour, no matter how cheap it is.
It’s ok, I’ll get one from a dark factory.
The first to be allowed was a Lotus. Who cares. Very few people will buy such a niche car.
The first China-made car in Canada in this deal was Tesla, and they will have the largest share of the first batch of 24,500 cars.
Gross. People should not support a Nazi.
Yeah, people shouldn’t support any dictatorship.
well that’s the US out then
