There is no way someone who is comfortable with blocking 2 spots with their EV pickup is going to fork out $284 just so they don’t inconvenience others, particularly Tesla drivers.

China builds Teslas better than Tesla does.

China isn’t stealing EV tech, it’s buying it.

Just so we’re clear on the level of crashing:

I’ve been spending a bit of time behind the wheel of a Tesla and I’m astounded how bad the camera only system is at detecting critical items like boomgates or gutters. It makes parking difficult because you only get these weird grey blurs instead of a proper 360 degree view - something the really good cameras could…

Geely is waaaay down the bottom of the barrel when it comes to Chinese cars. BYD is up at the top competing against luxury brands. 

I’m hoping a scenario occurs where Musk exits Tesla and they can get back to making cars without all the...connections.

Who do you think is more likely to do something so erratic - the Chinese govt or Elon Musk?

It’s interesting to see Tesla lead the way in China, only to start copying Chinese EVs with this latest iteration:

Undercut what? There’s nothing in this low price EV space and no one seems interested in tackling it aside from Rivian, which will probably be $40k once they hit the roads.

This is a side effect of anti-Chinese sentiment. In Australia we’re about to see EVs from companies like BYD get down to $30k - that’s around $20-22k US.

Engine nerds - who else has done a flat 8 in a car before?

I’d argue that is how most of them start. But once they can see potential then things start to get better as the guidelines given to the factories improves.

Zak Brown is the reason why McLaren won the World Constructors Championship, and he has never taken any credit for it. Always states it is his team.

To me it’s like saying because of the Nazis you’ll never buy a VW, Porsche or Mercedes, or a Ford because of union busting, or anything Japanese because of WW2.

Are those rear seats even slightly functional?

Yup, they’re terrifying:

Zero drill drop in conversion with only a moderate increase in weight? That is seriously impressive.

Remember when this was announced as being ‘Faster than an F1 car’

These things look great but Jesus wept that is a lot of money for a Kia.