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IM Motors [China] opens pre-sale for solid-state powered L6 sedan, starting under $32,000
Electrek ^ | Apr 8 2024 - 11:29 am PT | Scooter Doll

Posted on 04/09/2024 6:53:34 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: wbslws

The Chinese love Buicks for some odd reason. Maybe the word ‘Buick’ means something else in Mandarin..................


21 posted on 04/09/2024 7:36:17 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Most if not all Chinese made sold in China EVs are junk. The only one that everybody loves is the Grandpa EV 3 wheeler for which no license is required, made especially for grandpas that have never driven a vehicle. lots and lots of accidents.


22 posted on 04/09/2024 7:36:22 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: wbslws

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Excelle


23 posted on 04/09/2024 7:38:13 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Either vaporware or unobtanium.

CC


24 posted on 04/09/2024 7:53:23 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Red Badger

It’s funny how it is Illegal to watch TV, movies or use your phone hand held but, the Politicians and Cops are just fine with the amount of information coming at you from your dash board, mirrors and steering wheel.


25 posted on 04/09/2024 7:57:36 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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Most if not all Chinese made sold in China EVs are junk.

A surprisingly large percentage of buyers want new disposable cars, good for two years, then hopefully totaled in an "accident" and off to the landfill. That's not green by any measure. When these cars are imported into other countries, governments rake in big money on crazy import taxes, 100 times more pure profit than the China manufacturers ever make. But governments would probably extract more total money having the cars locally produced, taxing every step.

26 posted on 04/09/2024 8:07:21 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: Red Badger

Looks like they screwed up the steering wheel design as it’s not even round. Was the designer drunk or something?


27 posted on 04/09/2024 8:08:22 AM PDT by BobL (A society built on MERIT cannot survive on DEI (ref. South Africa, and now USA))
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To: butlerweave

“Way too much screen distraction, LOL”

Agree, not sure flashy ads are a good idea if they’re right in front of the driver.


28 posted on 04/09/2024 8:09:18 AM PDT by BobL (A society built on MERIT cannot survive on DEI (ref. South Africa, and now USA))
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To: BobL

The ‘driver’ is not essential...................


29 posted on 04/09/2024 8:10:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

The range is good, but LOTS of unanswered questions relating to the performance of the battery verses Lithium Ion:

1. Optimal charge rate and life impact of higher charge rates
2. Real cost of the battery (car looks cheap, but who knows if it’s being subsidized)
3. Cold and hot weather performance. Lithium Ions like California coastal weather and take hits when it varies. So how much does this battery vary and are there extreme cases where it’s unusable?
4. Safety - how susceptible to fires is it, how frequent?
5. Battery life versus Lithium Ion when operated under a controlled set of conditions.
6. Resources required to manufacture battery, including availability and whether some or most are only available in BRICS Countries (meaning countries sick of the Neocons/Globalists and having the power to tell the Neocon/Globalist-controlled countries to stuff it).
7. Charge/Discharge efficiency (probably not a big deal, but still a factor)

Other factors too, but this is a start.


30 posted on 04/09/2024 8:21:34 AM PDT by BobL (A society built on MERIT cannot survive on DEI (ref. South Africa, and now USA))
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To: Red Badger

China eating USA lunch and lunch money

USA falling behind on everything

Usa downfall has begun long time ago


31 posted on 04/09/2024 8:32:28 AM PDT by forYourChildrenVote4Bush
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Yeah, but we’re way ahead of them on DEI.


32 posted on 04/09/2024 9:17:35 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Red Badger

I honestly don’t care about what the car looks like, I want to know the specs of the batteries.


33 posted on 04/09/2024 9:58:29 AM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: Red Badger
Maybe the word ‘Buick’ means something else in Mandarin..................

"Me Love You Long Time"

34 posted on 04/09/2024 10:40:05 AM PDT by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: Red Badger

And you play video games while driving


35 posted on 04/09/2024 10:48:23 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Red Badger

The Chinese are coming for TeslaHumper


36 posted on 04/09/2024 11:53:21 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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