The clickbait is that the car would never be priced at $15,000 in the US. Nowhere does the title state it's only in China, nor does it say something like "equivalent cost of $15k".

Why wouldn't they use Chinese currency if they weren't trying to deceive? It's pretty common to show something for sale in the market currency with a conversion to the reader's currency.

They even do it further in the article..

Ioniq V 540 Pro – 109,900 yuan ($16,400). Ioniq V 540 Max – 119,900 yuan ($17,900). Ioniq V 540 Max+ – 129,900 yuan ($19,400). Ioniq V 650 Max – 129,900 yuan ($19,400). Ioniq V 650 Max+ – 139,900 yuan (~$20,900)

Since OP truncated the real title, I think it should count.

Slave labor.

But I'd still like to see these for ~$20k.

And please make sure the front grill is the height of a 2-story house so you can hit a cow and not notice it.

While pre-orders are open in China, they’re not open anywhere else… yet. Hyundai acknowledges that China is at the forefront of global mobility, and thinks its entry into the country’s EV market will help it succeed globally. Which means it does want to offer the Ioniq V to worldwide markets, but it doesn’t have a timeline for that yet.

This is entirely speculation with no source on them planning an international release. It's entirely possible they won't be allowed to produce it outside of China.

This is designed and manufactured by their Chinese subsidiary. Like every non-Chinese automaker other than Tesla, they're not allowed to fully own their Chinese subsidiary. Meaning if they sell these in China, BAIC gets 50% of the profit. If they start selling them outside of China, they'd be using a Chinese-sponsored design to compete with Chinese automakers (since they likely wouldn't want to produce and sell through Beijing Hyundai, but rather through Hyundai) globally. They'd probably be punished for that.

But this is also just speculation.

That’s why it’s not launching in China and not the Roman market.

It absolutely is. I don't know what I was thinking.

Which kind of makes it very interesting why the car only went for sale in China, and not in Korea.

They want some pretty pompous shit over there.

Idk what a chaebol is entirely, but it appears theyre part of the same company...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Motor_Group

I don't completely understand how the ownership structure works to understand if you're right or not though.

Huh. TIL.

I’m half and half on that. Even my 2003 Chrysler had an immobilizer despite there not being a regulation. So while I can see being upset at the lack of regulation I also fully blame Kia for cheaping out.