New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in China

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Every Xiaomi item I have purchased has been great value and solid quality, excellent price. I want a Xiaomi car, seriously.

Actually, looking back, it was only like 4 years ago I was lamenting how Chinese brands were so far behind in ICE combustion car offerings, unable to compete with Korean, Japanese, Europeans, Americans. Now fast forward 4 years, Chinese EV brands have leapfrogged to become the #1 in the world, global world class in quality, design, technology, and even price. That's just insane.

"Now fast forward 4 years, Chinese EV brands have leapfrogged to become the #1 in the world, global world class in quality, design, technology, and even price. That's just insane."

As @siegecrossbow so eloquently remarked in 2023, regarding Chinese progress in jet engines:

"It is almost as if Chinese turbofan [EV] development, after 30 years of slow methodical boning, has finally climaxed and is now blowing its load every where."
 

supersnoop

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TBH, I'm also interested in this. From what I understand Xiaomi did contract BAIC initially, before making their own factories, but is Xiaomi planning to expand this cooperation? Or was it always just a temporary sort of deal?
BAIC never had an active role. It was essentially a matter of bureaucracy. Car manufacturers need a license to produce cars in China, Xiaomi’s factory and car were ready before the license was approved, so they basically paid BAIC to establish a “joint venture” to be able to sell.
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BYD got into the car business a similar way by buying a loss-making provincial car manufacturer.
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So if BYD got its start building Suzuki Alto clones, and the current Alto is the #1 built car in India, India is almost there!
 
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Looks like Ford CEO became a full Wumao after visiting Chinese EV factories lol.
"It's the most humbling thing I have ever seen. Seventy percent of all EVs in the world, electric vehicles, are made in China," Farley said.

"They have far superior in-vehicle technology. Huawei and Xiaomi are in every car," Farley added. "You get in, you don't have to pair your phone. Automatically, your whole digital life is mirrored in the car."

"Beyond that, their cost, their quality of their vehicles is far superior to what I see in the West," Farley said.

"We are in a global competition with China, and it's not just EVs. And if we lose this, we do not have a future Ford," he added.
 
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