• kristina [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    75 mile range in such a large country is absurd

    great if you wanna just get around beijing but why not just be train gang at that point

    • 6bicycles [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      75 mile range in such a large country is absurd

      Why? People have a time budget for travel, not a distance budget.

      • kristina [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        yeah but does china really have such extensive battery swapping stuff that you can stop by and do it like a fill up

          • SoyViking [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Is it a deliberate strategy to have people go by train and disincentivice car traffic? If so it is based.

            • Gimasag [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Yes, I know Beijing has a lottery for new license plates, and Shanghai has an auction. Other cities use a combination of the two methods from what I've heard, so that less well-off people have a chance while also allowing them to raise some significant revenue from the wealthy. These restrictions on new license plates allow the cities to manage congestion and keep air pollution low. Also, there are separate quotas for hybrids/electric cars which give better lottery odds.

        • 6bicycles [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          I don't know, my point was more that 75 mile range is fine for large swaths ofs people. Size of the country has little correlation with distance of trips taken, that's mostly a planning thing.

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        In Denmark the cheapest new electric car is a Dacia Spring Electric starting at USD 20.500. This is advertised as "making electric cars available to everyone". If you can stand the injustice of driving a pre-owned car you can be lucky to find a 2015 Renault Zoe for USD 9.200.

        • kristina [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          buying an electric car used sounds like a terrible decision, the battery will fry out and youll need to pay basically the price of the whole car to get a new battery

            • SoyViking [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Several reasons

              1. They can get away with charging more in the imperial core than they can in China
              2. AFAIK China subsidises electric cars whereas Denmark taxes them
              3. They're all made in China anyways. You save on shipping.
      • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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        3 years ago

        Wish we had them here. Would have been perfect for my partner who needed a car just for getting to and from work and stuff, instead she’s stuck with this lemon her family helped her get lol. ( we have no trains here )

    • pooh [she/her, love/loves]
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      3 years ago

      The extended capacity model is 110 miles, which isn't bad for city driving. Chinese consumers seem to like the car overall, given that it's the best selling electric car in China right now.