While design can be excellent, manufacturing often suffers. I have had the chance to check out fairly thoroughly a couple of friend’s Chinese EVs, and I found things like primer showing I certain parts of the engine bay, flimsy supports for the infotainment system, etc.
One of them told me that the steering wheel buttons stopped working a couple of weeks, and warranty service was being a nightmare.
Cost cutting shows. They are going the opposite route of Toyota. They’ll probably earn a reputation in the mid term for low quality and low durability.
While design can be excellent, manufacturing often suffers. I have had the chance to check out fairly thoroughly a couple of friend’s Chinese EVs, and I found things like primer showing I certain parts of the engine bay, flimsy supports for the infotainment system, etc. One of them told me that the steering wheel buttons stopped working a couple of weeks, and warranty service was being a nightmare.
Cost cutting shows. They are going the opposite route of Toyota. They’ll probably earn a reputation in the mid term for low quality and low durability.
What’s the saying? Nice, cheap, good; pick two.
Western EVs aren’t nice, cheap, or good.
That’s also not the saying. Nice and good mean the same thing. The saying is work can be cheap, fast, and good, but you can only pick two.
I don’t think you know what you’re talking about and write you off as the typical “China bad” comments we see in response to everything they do.