China EV sales of 141.8K in Nov 2018! How does that compare to the USA if you consider population?
At least someone recognizes the benefit of the Voltec-type system.
That's the same thing they said about Honda when they introduced the Honda Cherry (N600?) in the 60's and what they said about the Hyundai Pony when they introduced the Pony in the 80's. Didn't take them long to get on top of it. While many equate Chinese products with being cheap like people did with Japanese products in the 60's (after all they made toys for Cracker Jack popcorn) remember they make the iPhone (which many equate with high quality product) and they did just land on the far side of the moon (no direct communication) which no one has done before. We underestimate them at our peril like the head of British Leyland did with the Japanese in the 60's ("Who would buy one of those pieces of junk"). One needs historical perspective if you want a window on the future.
I'm saying they will have a lot of convincing to do.
That is true. As did Hyundai. I remember my brother saying about the Pony he looked at that it still had pieces of welding rod left under the mesh at the base of the windshield and just painted over. The second generation car, the larger Elantra my sister bought (lots of free options) had its interior fall apart, discolouring, warping in a couple of years. Took them three generations before they were up to par. Mind you we are at a point now where none of that would be acceptable and they have plenty of experience working with other manufacturers to know what the base line is.
