• IllNess@infosec.pub
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    1 month ago

    I just came back from Thailand. I got a Grab and driver pulls up in a BYD. I have never been in one. It is a really nice car from what I can see. I asked dude how much the car was. He said it was under ฿1M Which is $30,000 US. I was shocked.

    I saw hybrids and electric cars everywhere there.

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      1 month ago

      Meanwhile, the US market keeps pumping out oversized, overpriced EVs all while the manufacturers complain about lukewarm consumer demand.

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        Same in the EU, though its changing slowly. The French started a Trend with affordable, smaller EVs.

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      They are outlawed in the US. As to why we don’t see them. They have fully robotic fabrication at their facilities. No humans involved.