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[–] 57 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

Income comparisons aside, what the fuck is this "journalism"???

The average new car in the ‌U.S. in March had a list price of $51,456, according to Kelley Blue Book.

In China, there are more than 200 battery-powered models, including hybrids, for sale at less than the equivalent of $25,000, according to DCar, an information and trading platform.

Reuters compiled a list of the five best-selling electric vehicles in China that start under $12,000 using ​DCar data.

Did they deliberately only look at the cheapest cars to compare to the average American car in order to get their headline? Like I could buy 10 shitboxes from the junkyard for the average price of a new car, but that doesn't mean much.

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  • [–] 26 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Show me how many NEW cars you can buy in the US for less then 25k.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    10 seconds on Google shows 3 under $25k, and 9 under $26k. I spent longer typing this comment than finding cheap cars XD

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    And the article lists 5 Chinese-made electric vehicles that are less than half that.

    They would be closer in price if we had made trade agreements that required worker protections consistent with those in the US, instead of trying to bring every country on board with the US' idiotic copyright laws.

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  • [–] -3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    So the headline should read "buys 2 cars in China"? Still a valid criticism.

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  • [+] 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 25 points 4 months ago* (6 children)

    Wuling Hongguang

    omg it's so cute

    As much as I appreciate the charger "nose", that's a bad place to have it if you park close to the wall

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago

    As much as I appreciate the charger “nose”, that’s a bad place to have it if you park close to the wall

    Chances are because that's such a small car, there would be ample space to park away from a wall and still remain within a standard car footprint.

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  • [+] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    One of my friends has an electric mini thats pretty sweet

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    It's actually a great place to have the charger, I had a Nissan leaf for a number of years and it's great not having to worry about the cord reaching when you're at a public (free) charger.

    I have an ioniq now and the charge port on the back quarter panel is the worst place for it, since almost all pull forward parking spots have a cord that doesn't reach.

    I have to awkwardly back into angled forward spots if I want to use the charger, and most fast chargers on the interstate aren't designed for a back end charge port either, so you kinda have to find a very specific angle to get the car parked to charge.

    The middle front works in almost every situation.

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  • [+] -5 points 4 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, this comparison is terrible they're purposefully putting an upper limit on price when comparing things. Not to mention that they aren't even looking at features and range of these cars.

    Someone below mentions the "Wuling Hongguang", the top selling car in China apparently. While it's cheap, its max speed is 62mph and it has a range around 75 miles. Like of course that's cheap, and could work in some situations, but that's not comparable to any car sold in the US.

    The more I read into things like this the more I realize that cars are just expensive. Sure China has a wider range of options, but when comparing apples to apples things look more similar than I'd expect.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    my first thought is how many dozen eggs could you get for the average cost of a dozen eggs over here. things don't always measure up one to one. I remember people talking about great electronics being tossed in japan or korea.

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