Comment on Europe is looking to fight the flood of Chinese electric vehicles. But Europeans love them

elouboub@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Moneo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  All my homies hate cars.

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  • vivavideri@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I love cars. Fixing them is a pain in the ass but a fun challenge. Driving them can be fun, too. But, I think I’d love some kickass, efficient, abundant, affordable public transportation even more.

    God. We could have had it by now. It’d be so rad. But no.

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    • the_third@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s a bit of a nuanced take. This is Lemmy, please choose one side and stick to it, no matter what.

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      • Moneo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Twas just a joke. Cars are fascinating from an engineering perspective, can be a neat hobby, and are useful in many scenarios. None of this makes me feel any better when I’m walking home from the bus stop, choking on exhaust and feeling unsafe as I quadruple check both ways before stepping on to the street.

        Cars can be cool, but they are mostly fucking awful in pretty much every way imaginable.

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• David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What innovation are they threatened by?

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  • Sarcastik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Chinese affordable EVs with an infotainment system that represents tech from the last 5 years.

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    • David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s not innovation though? That’s just making the same thing but cheaply.

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      • elouboub@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Car batteries you can swap by hand in a few minutes without going to the shop, reverse charging (a car battery can power your home for a while), face scanning tech to ensure you aren't distracted by your phone, capacitive door handles, resistive car doors that limit how far you can open them if there's an obstacle in order no to scratch the doors, intercar communication, and that's what I picked up from watching a video for a few minutes.

        BYD added a few thousand patents since 2011 and that's just one of the car companies. They have played around with designs, materials, and much more. IINM they are also working on solid state batteries.

        And of course modernising the supply chains and making it possible even produce a car cheaply, quickly, and better quality than a Tesla. If that isn't innovation for you, then I don't know what is.

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