• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    Did this not happen before? Or was it just a few countries I remember reading about? I don’t see how BYD won’t surpass both in the next 10 years with the way investment has gone for China vs VW.

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      8 months ago

      I think there a big brand trust gap with the Chinese brands that will take a while to close.

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      8 months ago

      VW will always have the advantage of being from Europe. Tesla’s decline has shown how much politics can influence people’s purchase decisions. I know many people wouldn’t consider buying a Chinese car, myself included, even while acknowledging that they’re pretty good from a technical perspective.

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        8 months ago

        So what’s your reason for not buying one? In the U.S. I’m told because they’ll all explode on command, or maybe that’s just what my mother born in 61 thinks. I don’t think she understands how money making works

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          8 months ago

          I’d like to buy from democratic countries if possible, especially with such a large purchase. Not a huge fan of my money funding China’s regime.

          As for exploding on command, that’s highly unlikely. Although it wouldn’t be outside the realm of possibility for China to push a little OTA update that just turns all the cars off if we ever went to war against China.