Comments by "M Shepard" (@mshepard2264) on "Patrick Boyle" channel.

  1. I hate to say but i agree in many cases the Chinese EV offerings are superior. This comes from cornering the lithium Iron phosphate battery market years ago. Its more the result of other companies lack of foresight and innovation. The only company that will be able to compete with the Chinese companies is probably tesla due to their aggressive implementation of advanced manufacturing.
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  2. partly this is because of the type of cars that people in the US buy. People are buying 6000lb extended cab pickups with 400hp and complaining about it being expensive. People in the US need to buy more small cheap hatchbacks.
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  3. Many teslas and Chinese cars don’t require that much rare metal earth metals because of their use of lithium Iron phosphate batteries and clever motor design. Also there are charge stations all over the north east of the US so many of the problems are solved. The re-shoring is in progress.
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  4. My Ev was much cheaper than an average car in the US. so they are not by definition luxury.
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  5.  @kevintewey1157 China isnt really communist more just authoritarian. But they are good at making electric cars at the moment while American manufactures are pushing stupid useless ones like electric hummers.
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  6. I still think the quality of Japanese cars is exceptional. They are just behind on EVs.
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  7. This is because the US govt basically holds gas prices artificially low through the use of the strategic reserve and subsidies for the oil companies. Electric cars can be cheap just not electric hummers and electric f150s. GM even used to make some affordable electric cars (Bolt and volt) but they cancelled them so….
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