Amazing battery range, customizable interiors and sleek software—our columnist fell in love with a Xiaomi SU7 Max after driving it for a few weeks
All I want is an EV without a built-in screen or SIM card.
One I can drive off the lot without consenting to an EULA or Terms of Service.Edit: Holy shit, found one: Dacia Spring Essential
Lack of SIM card/telemetry is the holy grail for me. What happened to the stereo though?
The Dacia Sandero models before 2020 had a built in head unit…
…with the exception of the Access model, which featured “pre-wiring for an entertainment system”.
I suppose they had to go to some lengths to reach their sub-£7k price point in 2016.
It doesn’t have one.
I want a screen for my music and navigation.
I don’t want a screen for the A/C, lights, gear shifting, or other bullshit that car manufacturers are adding.
Even if you get that, there’s no telling what they’ll do when you take it on for service.
The other option is the Slate truck.
The other option is the Slate truck.
1% chance that thing will happen.
The factory is almost finished and they’re setting up the assembly bots right now. They already have 10,000+ reservations and the factory is on track to open this year.
What are you talking about?
That car is rebadged Chinese EV and certainly requires a SIM.
Backup cameras are mandatory in a lot of markets, which means you’ll probably end up with at least a small screen in whatever you find.
It’s a little bit of work, but you can also remove the SIM card if the car is otherwise acceptable to you.
Europeans and Canadians don’t want to buy American anything anymore.
I’m European or Canadian.
Wut…
Dual citizenship, maybe? I’m American but am about to hold EU citizenship by marriage, so I’d be American or European.
It’s a weird way to phrase it. I actually have dual citizenship. I say “I’m X and Y” not “I’m X or Y”.
By the way, you’re technically correct when saying "American or European " because you come from the Americas (the continent). But if you’re referring to the United States of America nationality, then you’d have to say the other country’s nationality as well.
But back to the main point, let’s say that you’re about to become French. You’d say "I’m American and French. Or “French-Americam” or “American-French”. “I’m French or American” sounds weird.
By the way, you’re technically correct when saying "American or European " because you come from the Americas (the continent).
Ah yes, people always talk about American President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Nice strawman. Nobody talks about the “European Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen” either, so what’s your point?
I would buy Trump’s head for under 3-5 euro.
Mostly because American vehicles are over priced and shit.
Americans don’t even like American cars lmao
Designed by accountants, over weight, over priced and barely last through the warranty and part of the US vehicle experience is signing up for a class action suit because the warranty, dey do nothing.
We haven’t since the early 1970’s.
Yeah, that’s been true for a while. I have a Tesla model 3 and it’s the first American car I’ve bought in 30 years. If it weren’t for the surveillance capitalism, I’d say it’s an an exceptional car.
The whole car world has changed though. Honda used to be great, but they’re kinda shit now. Toyota and Lexus are still pretty great for long term reliability. Comfort is great, but driving dynamics are mid. BMW and Mercedes (some of them anyway) drive very nice, but you don’t want to own them out of warranty. Most American cars are somewhere in the middle. They’ve improved a lot since the 80s and 90s, but so has everything else.
Now, every time I climb back into my Ford Mustang Mach-E, I can’t stop thinking about you …
This kind of Chinese propaganda is what Ford CEO Jim Farley himself has been doing for a long time now (you’ll find ample evidence across the web). In this particular case it is even the article’s tone (“I will wait for you, Xiaomi. We shall be together again one day.”) that makes it clear it’s an advertisement rather than a test drive report imo.
The CEO of Ford says they’re building a thirty thousand dollar electric pickup? That goes in the “I’ll believe it when I see it” bin.
It’s only designed to put SlateEV out of business.
Elon Musk convinced the world EVs need to be expensive but the reality is his cars had the highest profit margins in the industry. EVs cost less than ICE cars to build, because they contain hundreds fewer parts and very little R&D because electric motors are already >90% efficient. Battery prices have dropped 90% since 2012. Ford, GM, Tesla all got into EVs because of the promised profit margins as luxury vehicles for simps. That’s why they put hundreds of stupid gadgets and screens in them, to make it appear like value. And it was working, but he couldn’t help his little Nazi ketamine antics.
Lithium batteries are now $110/KWHr, so for a 50KWhr car that’s $5500. Sodium batteries already available from CATL are 30% cheaper. Newer EV motors are down to $500. EVs are cheap cars to make.
I’m not talking about concept cars or mockups. By “see it”, I mean on the showroom floor, available for sale to the general public at that price.
Still, thanks for the pic!
And the people that buy Ford trucks will say it’s for woke sissies that don’t like rolling coal.
Until fleets realize the cost and move over. Thats honestly not far off at the moment. Feel like refueling is the only real hindrance.
American cars have become useless rusting behemoths with all of the reliance taken out and car stopping tech thrown around everywhere. Let the beast die already and we can buy foreign until we figure out where we went wrong (it was greed all along).
The Xiaomi SU7 was pretty insane when it came out. I think if it was available here at a comparable price to China, it would be pretty much a no brainer for me too.
This is Chinese propaganda.
I want a Nio with battery-swap, and a hitch for the unicorn-trailer.
Chinese EV build quality is far superior to Tesla’s garbage. Panels don’t even fit right on a Tesla and their allowable tolerances are insane.
