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0 pointsholoduke2y ago0 comments

The times of inferior chinese products are pretty much gone. I would even argue that in some cases they are better.

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I think it is still true that they have a higher dynamic range. They can build on the highest level of quality (iPhone, DJI) but also produce loads of cheap but dangerous stuff.

pengaru2y ago

> The times of inferior chinese products are pretty much gone. I would even argue that in some cases they are better.

You and I must have absolutely zero overlap in our Amazon purchases.

Turskarama2y ago

Keep in mind that vehicle safety is heavily regulated pretty much everywhere, and once you've paid the money necessary to make your car safe you might as well make it not garbage as well or nobody will buy your product.

Since they're making cars for international markets they have to meet safety standards for the entire world, which are stricter than those for any one country and so harder to meet. You can't compare them to the shitty airpod ripoffs you get for $60.

psychlops2y ago

For example, no car company would ever cheat on emission standards because regulations.

Heavy regulations are what produce the reputable finance and healthcare industries we enjoy today.

ponector2y ago

Have you heard about Dieselgate?

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anonymouskimmer2y ago

> Since they're making cars for international markets they have to meet safety standards for the entire world, which are stricter than those for any one country and so harder to meet.

They'd have the scale to manufacture for individual markets, like any large auto manufacturer. Already I've seen videos/articles of people buying various (typically non-EV) cheap Asian vehicles that are not road-worthy in the US, but allowed for use on large parcels of land.

nradov2y ago

Some Chinese car models are now achieving top ratings on crash safety tests.

https://www.euroncap.com/en/press-media/press-releases/nio-s...

rootusrootus2y ago

This is a very recent development, and only happened because China started importing talent from places that know how to make good safe cars.

Qwertious2y ago

That's not the Chinese products though, that's Amazon natively supporting the faulty knock-off market. Every country has rort factories, if you look hard enough. And Amazon's binning system is perfectly designed to platform them to captive audiences.

mensetmanusman2y ago

They cant control their own counterfeit supply chain, so we will never know until they do.

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