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>>28975140
so are they buying trade secrets? stealing them? what is going on?
these are obviously basically copies of existing other designs
I mean, yeah it could be buying the cars and reverse engineering but I suspect they are stealing precise blueprints and just setting up manufacturing to spec with endless funding from chink communist party
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>>28975142
>stealing them?
Basically that. If you want to do business in China you have to partner with a Chinese company which gives the partner, and the Chinese government, full access to whatever you're going to build there.
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>>28975142
their economy is built around manufacturing. our economy is built around financial services, big tech (aka ad sales and "the cloud"), insurance products, and various other scams like wholesaling.
it should be obvious why they're capable of producing things cheaply. also consider that their government is likely subsidizing cheap cars, to some extent. the USA also engages in subsidization, but somehow it never results in materially lower prices for consumers (because the subsidy dollars get diverted by yarmulke wearers.)
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I know an Aussie who just got one of those GWM trucks. The battery completely failed 6 months into ownership and he had to fight with the dealer for a month to even get them to look at it and then they made him pay out of pocket for a replacement because they claimed it was somehow because of his professionally-installed aftermarket tray and apparently Australia doesn't have the law the US does where they have to prove your mod was at fault before they can deny a warranty claim.
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>>28975901
That's because tubs are thinner and weaker now. Ratchet strap something down with those on most modern trucks and it'd pull the sides in enough that you won't shut the tailgate.
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>>28975993
Sounds like copy pasta.
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>>28976450
yeah the "x non-traditional brand failed my friend" stories are a big sketchy but that said
a truck with a 1.5 liter engine and a huge battery is kinda stupid it weighs 5000 lbs and when the battery runs out you are lugging around 5000 lbs of truck and battery with a 1.5 liter 4banger
or maybe that's BYD, and GWM has a 2 liter, in any event, it's a pretty weak engine on its own chinese really don't do strong gas engines
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