President Xi is the Chinese version of Musk. They know where you are and what your doing. Whether they care is another matter
There are a range of cheap overnight tariffs, I am on an old one that gives 5 hours at 7p a KW. Full charge on mine is a little over £5 for 300 miles. Work electric mileage is 21p a mile, so make £56 every full cycle. Last month I did 2000 work miles so car paid for itself and I drive personal miles for free. Occasionally I have to use motorway chargers at 90p a kilowatt, but only ever put just enough in and usually worst case is a city charge at 40p a kilowatt. Car is averaging 3.6m/kw winter and around 4 in summer. I can get approx 40% charge on the cheap rate every night. It’s two years old now and the newer EVs are far better, the rate of improvement is massive and the Chinese makers are at the front of the curve. The casual racism of some, as seen in a few comments on here, would have people believe that all Chinese products are rubbish but the reality is they were already making massive amounts of parts for established brands for years. Or that in some way It’s all a secret plan to listen in on people. Those same people have a phone, but that is obviously ok (and probably made in China). I don’t know a single person with a Chinese EV that slags it off, tbh the only makes I hear moans about are vw (ID4 is awful), older mini EVs and jag ev/ hybrids.
Ah poor fairy cringe, why don’t you message an admin and see if there is a setting to put a disagree on all my posts to save your little finger the effort. Just because you didn’t like my post a few weeks back. What a wonderful full life you must lead I think my favourite was when you disagreed that we should perhaps consider what retail staff go through before being overly critical. If you want I can message you a link when I post to save you having to look through the whole forum
I think the evidence proves otherwise, and is there for anyone to see, not surprised at the abusive response. I expected nothing more And also here to stay are Chinese cars whether you like it or not. Latest figures released today show market share has doubled in a year. I’m surprised Itks that low as I see so many more now than a year ago. I would have guessed more like 5x increase.
TBH the way rachel reevs had a go at working man, we all be driving Chinese cars soon. hope not but heading that way!
Interestingly the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security have just recently introduced a rule that car makers must attest that, from March 17, a vehicle's core systems connected to the cloud do not contain software written in China or by Chinese companies. This will have serious implications for global supply chains - US connected vehicle rule targets Chinese software It is also interesting to note this ruling is a result of one of the Biden administration's last actions - Commerce Finalizes Rule to Secure Connected Vehicle Supply Chains from Foreign Adversary Threats Security concerns of connected vehicles, and other technological equipment, is a real and widely held view of many governments in the EU, Canada and Australia - Security concerns regarding Chinese connected cars: A short overview ICT supply chain security: EU adopts a toolbox to mitigate risks EU Needs Smart-Car Data Security Rules And Can Learn From China, Group Says
So if we fall out with china, effectively they could send a nasty virus to all their cars rendering them useless. Also could they be collecting Data from individuals of said vehicles, bypassing GDPR laws in the respect of future upgrades of software licencing?
