this post was submitted on 10 Dec 2023
615 points (98.4% liked)

Technology

59711 readers
2706 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
615
Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars (www.reuters.com)
submitted 11 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
240 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah but where can I get these cheap Chinese EVs? I've never seen any for sale in the States

[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

https://electrek.co/2021/06/16/i-bought-an-inexpensive-electric-pickup-truck-from-china-and-you-can-too/

The $2,000 price was legit, but that didn’t include batteries. It was another $300 or so for heavy lead acid batteries, $500 if I wanted a lithium-ion battery pack (3 kWh), $710 for a bigger lithium pack (5 kWh), and $1,050 if I wanted a giant lithium battery (6 kWh).

The article goes on to say that shipping is a big deal, too. It requires thousands for a space in a container. But the total clocked under $9K IIRC

[–] tagliatelle@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

giant, 6 kWh...

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

No problem for people who work from home and only need to go shopping once a week.

[–] venoft@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

The "giant" battery should be at least 10x bigger to call it "medium sized".

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah but those aren't street legal

[–] topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

How much for a sodium battery ?

[–] NIB@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 0 points 11 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://www.piped.video/watch?v=yRG0Wai4sR0

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.