Comments by "D W" (@DW-op7ly) on "Valuetainment" channel.

  1. “The Chinese car companies are the most competitive car companies in the world,” Musk said during the call. “So, I think they will have significant success outside of China depending on what kind of tariffs or trade barriers are established.” “Frankly, I think, if there are not trade barriers established, they will pretty much demolish most other companies in the world.” Teslarati
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  2. The $10,000 BYD Seagull EV is scaring the U.S. auto industry China is the world’s largest automotive market, and understandably so, an important one for electric vehicle (EV) makers like Tesla. Although competitive Chinese automaker BYD isn’t yet slated to enter the U.S. market, the company’s recent release of a city EV with a price tag under $10,000 has some worried for when it and other low-cost companies do. BYD launched its Seagull, a small hatchback EV with a price tag starting at 69,800 yuan (~$9,773), at the Shanghai Auto Show last year. While BYD said just last month that it has no plans to enter the U.S. auto market anytime soon, some U.S. automotive groups have expressed concerns over the Seagull EV and other affordable mass-market EVs eventually coming to North America Teslarati
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  3.  @whatcouldgowrong7914  are you talking the US market? Although not the majority there is a growing segment of Americans who seem intent on sending the USA back to the Stone Age
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  4.  @acatrica4074  Nine Chinese cars scored five stars in Euro NCAP in 2023 In 2023, Euro NCAP crash-tested 17 cars. Nine of them were Chinese EVs, accumulating over 50% of assessed vehicles. According to E-NCAP, Chinese manufacturers were anxious to prove their relevance to European buyers. They have achieved this goal because every evaluated made-in-China car got five stars.Dec 11, 2023 CarNewsChina
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  5.  @fatdoi003  so true… China has tons of less expensive EVs/higher end cars if people wish But I’m being car type and car brand specific BYD has the ability to deliver at-least 7000 of these cars per cargo ship that BYD owns itself. As BYD will obtain 8 of their own cargo ships in total in the future Meaning getting these cars suitable for the US market, and transportation over. Would probably put the final cost at 12,000 to 15,000 per car in the USA (without that 100% tariff)
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  6.  @whatcouldgowrong7914  Tesla is losing out to Chinese EV makers these days They don’t need the world industrialized nations. As China has been selling their cars to their Global South/BRI partner countries And really let’s pretend they don’t know. They will get tariffs if they take a large market share in Australia or where ever. And not like these Countries would allow Chinese to set up factories to manufacture EVs in Australia or where ever Tesla is losing out these days That’s because they are basically a legacy brand. People are buying in brand name alone Unable to compete on price, quality or innovation Even just recently with Musk going over to that country???? You would get the impression, Tesla is introducing FSD and Robotaxis into the Chinese domestic market When Baidu the the Chinese company the Chinese Government partnered Tesla with???? As of Q3 2022 has already done 1.4 million paid robotaxi rides As of Q3 2023 4.1 million paid robotaxi rides you really have to dig into multiple western media articles to gleen this real information… rather than Tesla is going there to introduce robotaxis 👇 Baidu starts offering nighttime driverless taxis December 26, 2022 Starting this week, the public can ride its robotaxis in Wuhan between 7 am and 11 pm without safety drivers behind the wheel. Previously, its unmanned vehicles could only operate from 9 am to 5 pm in the city. The updated scheme is expected to cover one million customers in certain areas of Wuhan, a city of more than 10 million people. Like most autonomous vehicle startups, Baidu combines a mix of third-party cameras, radar and lidar to help its cars see better in low-visibility conditions, in contrast to Tesla’s vision-based solution. In August, Baidu started offering fully driverless robotaxi rides, charging passengers at taxi rates. In Q3, Apollo Go, the firm’s robotaxi hailing app, completed more than 474,000 rides, up 311% year over year. Accumulatively, Apollo Go had exceeded 1.4 million orders as of Q3. TC 👇 Baidu's Apollo Go offers 821,000 rides in Q3 2023, up 73% YoY Apollo Go, Baidu's autonomous ride-hailing service, provided 821,000 rides in the third quarter of 2023, up 73% year over year. As of September 30, 2023, the cumulative rides provided to the public by Apollo Go reached 4.1 million. CarNewsChina
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  7. Well you are typing on a Chinese made gadget And taking medication made possible by the Chinese right now 👇 China's lock on drugs Two pillars of Trump administration policy – combating the soaring prices for prescription drugs and equalizing the U.S. trade imbalance with China – appear to be on a collision course, drug and foreign policy experts say. That's because the key ingredients for so many essential drugs, from antibiotics and birth control pills to treatments for cancer, depression, high cholesterol and HIV/AIDS, are purchased from China, says Rosemary Gibson, co-author with Janardan Prasad Singh of a new book called "ChinaRx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine." CNBC
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