Comments on: Is This the Decade of the Chinese Electric Car?

By: jones22

jones22 — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:07:33 +0000

I think all of the new electric cars coming out are so good. I see nothing but a good future with electric cars. They are getting so well built. yaz side effects

By: pintuhs

pintuhs — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:04:56 +0000

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By: chef

chef — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:00:48 +0000

GM, Ford & co were victims of their own success, as is often the case with large corporations. The bean counters took over and refused to advance the automobile, instead slipping fuel efficiency over the last decade or more. They have no one to blame but themselves. If it takes the Chinese to push EV autos into the mainstream, so be it. There's been too much stonewalling over the past 30 years by US auto companies.

Toyota is going the way of GM. Too big, too much success for it to want to do anything different. It had the chance to move forward on a plug-in Prius, but has consistently delayed it for one bogus reason after another. Toyota, like GM, was way ahead. Now it's finding it's falling behind to the likes of BYD.

By: Edward Eng

Edward Eng — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:31:44 +0000

Entering the States is just part of China’s plan to lead the global auto market. The market in China is huge. If American companies fall behind in the States and China, China will have the buying power to bully American companies around. China has a great chance of leading the electric car race.

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By: CAPEM

CAPEM — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:01:20 +0000

BYD willl probably follow the same business model as Toyota…build the electric or plugin hybrid plant in the USA and employ Americans to build them. Does that make the car American – no. Will that be enough for Americans to buy them since they are made in the USA – yes !!!! Just make them cheap enough, hold together long enough to keep off the lemon lists, build them here and I wil buy one !!

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:52:16 +0000

This cannot happen. Chinese cars will have a hard time meeting safety regulations in the U.S. Besides they face huge giants here, from GM to Toyota. It is simply not possible to challenge them.

By: huh?

huh? — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:09:35 +0000

Our grandparents faced a similar challenge transitioning from horse ‘n buggy to ‘auto’ – ‘mobile’. The cost was very expensive, and the choices in the early 1900′s were many and confusing. They did it yesteryear, as we are doing so now.

By: Shines

Shines — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:51:41 +0000

I think we will be seeing plenty of conventional and hybrid/plug in hybrid cars from China. I am beginning to agree with folks saying EVs will be slow on the uptake because of high cost and short range. (I see the US developing more bio diesel and liquifying natural gas as alternative fuels for ICEs). The Volt may be the right alternative but at $40K to purchase sales may be limited.

By: ex-EV1 driver

ex-EV1 driver — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:41:26 +0000

Mr. Bear,
I agree that there are a lot more hoops for the Chinese to jump through to sell an automobile in the US but we still shouldn’t get complacent. There are over a billion slaves being put to the task of building things in China.

By: Mr.Bear

Mr.Bear — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:40:55 +0000

Not safety rated yet and the 5 cities it will be sold in not named yet? I think that puts 2010 out of the picture. Sorry, I don't see the NTSB passing this thing on it's first time through or see people lining up to be the first BYD dealer.