Done believe they're offering one just yet.

That would a lot of fun.

Exactly. Really impressive car at a ridiculous price. I'd love one myself for help with filming.

No problem at all. Greetings to Canada.

Collaboration helps a lot. That and a government that actually wants to have a successful industry ready for the future.

They will recycle the batteries at some point but ownership of the cars is the first hurdle. When a company goes bust, who takes responsibility for the leftovers, etc.

It's basically level 3 capability but rules in China state you must keep touching the wheel, so they call it 2.5 because it has what is needed but legally can't be used as level 3. Only approved robotaxi companies offer anything officially over level 2.

Apparently you still want more because I found you here. We don't just review EVs though, we review cars, trucks, vans, and motorbikes soon too, not just electric, and we were the 4th channel doing so after Wheelsboy, Drive China, and ChinaDriven.

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@jamesjross Need to own your decisions bro.

@@InsideChinaAuto "Need to own your decisions bro" - haha. how do you make your money?

@jamesjross KZfaq pays me because people like you click on my videos. I also have a day job writing for automotive outlets.

In the US it can, but not in China. Not yet anyway.

LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF CAPITALISED LETTERS, POOR GRAMMAR, AND BAD SPACING

America can't compete at all. They're afraid.

I'm sure if you have the right tools you can.

That would be a no for now.

Read the comments and tell me what you said still stands.

People should realise what they're doing when they press the space key twice after every word.

While it may be a non-story to you, I'll point out that my video actually preceded the ABC video you shared by a week, and they basically took the exact elements reported in my video and parrotted them, namely that these were ride sharing vehicles, old ones (not nearly new), with outdated tech (EVs are still developing unlike petrol cars. No diesel cars in China by the way), and that the ownership and responsibility for these vehicles is difficult to decipher because they're companies that have gone bust. Apparently it was enough of a story for ABC to go and copy my video and report on it, and not even on the ground but with drone and stock footage that didn't even make clear if the cars were EVs or not. The Chana Eulove, seen quite prominently in one of their clips, was made as both and so the cars in the video could well have been petrol cars for all we know. As for the Kandi K10s, they never deserved to be on a road in the first place, very much representative of China's car industry around ten years ago. In my video, the BJEV EC3s were about 5 years old and crap. The Neta Vs were maximum 2 and, surprise surprise, they've since been sold off on a used market, which basically renders your point about that only being the case for petrol cars total BS. I personally don't think we will see an exponential rise in graveyards such as these because not only have the subsidies that helped fuel them gone, but the market for car sharing has also disappeared because, as I pointed out in the video, it's heavily flawed in China and indeed most places, and the cars are much, much better now than they were 5 years ago. There's no such thing as a basic EV that can't get over the air updates anymore in China, they're all decent, so the churn is gone. And no, I didn't go around the country to dispel this myth, I went to one site (that was used as the basis for lies about sales figures of EVs in another video) to see for myself how true it was and reported on what I saw. Again, before the ABC video. Climb back in your box, buddy

How can you say this knowing the life of an ev battery is at best 10-12 years? Do you think it’s a good idea to build millions of cars that will by default be heading to the graveyard in that short a time frame? Yes the battery tech will get better over time but we will still have the problem of disposing of millions of ev batteries. You concede this yourself with EC3’s. Like mobile phones it won’t take long for the current ‘top of the line’ models to become obsolete And we haven’t even touched upon the carbon footprint, mining the precious metals to build them in the first place. I genuinely applaud your approach, actually going to China and reporting on what you saw as an opposed to what we are told, but the heart of the problem remains. EV cars are not the solution and other than emissions they have a far greater impact on the environment than is necessary. There are many hydrogen powered cars now being produced proving the concept. They produce zero waste and are free to run. (Thats why they are being largely ignored)

@nervoussystemnut Well no, again you're dealing with myths. Hydrogen is not 'free to run' because to get hydrogen, you first have to split it from something else which requires a reaction. That reaction requires energy, exactly the same as filling batteries does, so you're still needing to generate the energy one way or another. At the same time, batteries are fully recyclable and there are many places in the world, China being the biggest, that are doing this recycling. It's not perfect yet because infrastructure for that takes time but so did the creation of all the oil free refineries and the same would be true for places that need to create all hydrogen we would need. As for batteries, there's no proof at all that they last at best 10-12 years. There are cars out there from the very early days of electric still running on theirs and having driven millions of miles. The main problem I see with batteries right now is that if one cell fails, the pack is dead. That can't continue, we have to make it so that cells can be individually replaced. And yes, the mining of materials isn't great, though the requirement to use those rare metals is being reduced with things like sodium ion batteries, but nor is the mining of oil and the enormous oil spills that regularly causes. Over the course of just about 36,000 miles (can't remember the exact number I read recently), an EV can reach parity with the emissions of a petrol car from well-to-wheel, and every EV should reach that figure no problem. Every car ends up in a graveyard mate, they're all over the world. Yes, some get looked after and live until they're 50 years or sometimes more, but the vast majority end up getting sent to scrapyards and either crushed or kept for parts. EVs are no different. They cause no additional environmental damage being sat still than any other car because they're not dripping oil or battery fluids, the packs are sealed. As for cars becoming obsolete, I think it will be less of an issue over time as I stated. The reason the Neta Vs could be moved on was because they had the tech and the ability to be updated that most EVs are using now. The EC3s didn't. They had tiny screens, no OTA updates, and were specced to be bottom of the line with those blank switches where the feature isn't installed. They're best off having the battery recycled or repurposed as home energy storage like a Tesla Powerwall, and the rest scrapped like petrol cars. As EV tech matures, the gains will be much smaller, and we'll end up with cars like a Vauxhall Corsa that can be run for years without much tech for students, learners and people on a budget, and the newer stuff with fancier tech, faster charging, etc. It's just the progress of mankind.

It is. It's ideal for that purpose.

Well they didn't quite ban them, they put prohibitively high import taxes on them. The only ones who will suffer are the poor citizens of the US who just want to get into an affordable EV and, with their industry focused on enormous piles of sh!t like the Hummer, they'll never get them.

Let's see. Hopefully it'll be cheaper than that

It's exactly that, and quite a bit of fun as well. I want one for myself to potter around in.

So what you're saying is you're not willing to come see for yourself? That you have no knowledge at all of this industry? That you can categorically prove that what I'm saying isn't the case and that I accepted some money for this video? Doesn't sound like you have a leg to stand on until you can buddy. Keep coming. I'll wait.

That's what we do. Thanks for watching.

Best way to know is to see and try them. Glad you can confirm what we're telling you.

Proof? You've tried the car yourself I assume? Or you're just talking bullish!t because it's all you can bring to the conversation.

Welcome to come see for yourself mate. Suppose you prefer to believe people who've never even put feet on the ground in this location, which makes you dumber than most.

Same comment twice now. Starting to look like spam Phil. You should try sitting in them sometime, then tell me some cars that aren't very plasticky. Like Benz and Audi for example...oh wait.

Not bad, eh?

@@InsideChinaAuto Make a self driving for Indian Road now. LOL! I really want to see if any AI is remotely capable for that. 😅😂

@aniksamiurrahman6365 Now that's a challenge.

The reckoning is coming my friend.

Don't know which ones you've been introduced to but I guarantee you're wrong. There's about 500 cars here and you're saying they're all the same. I don't think you even watched the video, or you've got mirror lenses inside your glasses.

It's a great car.

Suppose you've tried FSD in China have you?

Don't worry, it'll handle hills no problem at all. More than enough power.

One model of BYD is notorious for that but the reputation has spread to all of them. I guarantee they're less likely to catch fire than a Range Rover. Did you know that no Zeekr has ever had a battery fire either?

They're very good, both of them, offering real high quality and high-tech products.

Ooh, we've found a shareholder everyone. Everyone point and laugh.

It'll come with a solid state battery. In 20-never.

Must be a happy guy

That's a shame. They should bring the full selection to Europe.

Aggression for a little guy.

Some day grown men will stop calling themselves after cartoon characters.

@@InsideChinaAuto such a true statement 🤣

Fast as hell this thing.