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The U.S. government should block the import of low-cost Chinese autos and parts from Mexico, a U.S. manufacturing advocacy group said on Friday, warning they could threaten the viability of American car companies.
They’re not, its just that decent electric drive trains are kinda expensive. Old 4 cylinder engines with simple transmissions are actually pretty cheap to manufacture in comparison. There are some that work fine (Mini Cooper Se for example), but they usually have a fairly short range of under 100 miles.
Yeah, the closest example might be the Chevy Bolt (which seems to get very positive reviews).
Just don’t get one from 2017-2019. They’ve been recalled at least twice for going up in flames. As of now you’re just not supposed to charge them overnight or park them inside of a structure.
https://jalopnik.com/nhtsa-issues-chevy-bolt-spontaneous-combustion-warning-1847295205
I sometimes wonder what happened to that car.
BYD is selling a low end EV in China for $12k. They have nice cars in the $30k range. They have built out a supply chain that makes this possible (cheaper labor, too).