Driving Xiaomi's Electric Car: Are We Cooked? [video]

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tldw; It’s a $42K car that feels like $70k. Made by a company that was never a car company. Excellent software and build quality. No negatives.

The answer to the title’s question: Only reason we’re not cooked (in the US) is because it’s not available in the US.

hence, the hypocrisy of the US being a "free market" yet choosing not to accept competition when it's not tilted in their favour.

I think the US should allow imports of such cars (provided they pass strict environmental and safety regulations - most of which i'm sure it already does).

It will stop the car giants from resting on their laurels. If it hurts jobs, that simply means those jobs are no longer competitively producing value; the competition therefore will become a forcing function for change.

It's not like foreign auto mfrs haven't already decimated the US auto industry. Ever since the 70s Japanese automobiles mopped the floor with USDM vehicles. My parents bought exclusively American cars until 1980, when they made the mistake of buying a brand new 1981 Ford Thunderbird. Utter trash. Never bought another American car again. Hyundai and Nissans ever since.

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