Income comparisons aside, what the fuck is this “journalism”???
The average new car in the U.S. in March had a list price of $51,456, according to Kelley Blue Book.
In China, there are more than 200 battery-powered models, including hybrids, for sale at less than the equivalent of $25,000, according to DCar, an information and trading platform.
Reuters compiled a list of the five best-selling electric vehicles in China that start under $12,000 using DCar data.
Did they deliberately only look at the cheapest cars to compare to the average American car in order to get their headline? Like I could buy 10 shitboxes from the junkyard for the average price of a new car, but that doesn’t mean much.
Did they deliberately only look at the cheapest cars
Seeing how the highest selling car a few years ago was the Wuling Hongguang, which starts at ~$5k, I don’t think the authors have made any failure. If anything, they’re short of the reality.
my first thought is how many dozen eggs could you get for the average cost of a dozen eggs over here. things don’t always measure up one to one. I remember people talking about great electronics being tossed in japan or korea.
US average income being 6x China’s was my first thought too, but then I got so fucking angry at how they fudge the numbers they’re looking at for the headline.
Income comparisons aside, what the fuck is this “journalism”???
Did they deliberately only look at the cheapest cars to compare to the average American car in order to get their headline? Like I could buy 10 shitboxes from the junkyard for the average price of a new car, but that doesn’t mean much.
I think they were looking at the average price for a new car. All the new American cars are on the more expensive side
Show me how many NEW cars you can buy in the US for less then 25k.
Seeing how the highest selling car a few years ago was the Wuling Hongguang, which starts at ~$5k, I don’t think the authors have made any failure. If anything, they’re short of the reality.
omg it’s so cute
As much as I appreciate the charger “nose”, that’s a bad place to have it if you park close to the wall
I would not buy a car I can’t pronounce.
Chances are because that’s such a small car, there would be ample space to park away from a wall and still remain within a standard car footprint.
I know right?? I hate that we don’t have affordable cutie electric cars like that in Europe :(
I never thought of the nose charger thing, something to consider definitely!
One of my friends has an electric mini thats pretty sweet
my first thought is how many dozen eggs could you get for the average cost of a dozen eggs over here. things don’t always measure up one to one. I remember people talking about great electronics being tossed in japan or korea.
US average income being 6x China’s was my first thought too, but then I got so fucking angry at how they fudge the numbers they’re looking at for the headline.