£3200 EV outselling Tesla Model 3 in China by 2:1

[bigothunter]

Could these budget EV mini cars catch on here (if they conform to EU regs)?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56178802

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-model-3-saic...

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300bhp/ton said:

Is this News??

High volume low margin car outsells lower volume higher margin car -- --- real shocker that one

Thanks for your contribution

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Chainsaw Rebuild said:

That's a good point that about range anxiety; a have a couple of friend who get in a flap about it and don't realise how far 100 miles is, relative to their 10 mile commute, the supermarket that is 5 miles away etc.

I drive a 3500kg van on occasions, Covid permitting. Regular day is 500 miles but it can go over 600. When GPS shows less than 100 miles to home, I know that I am almost there

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jay2000 said:

It will be really fun in holiday destinations like spain, portugal, carribean. Cheap to rent for short distance potting around.

Then return home and buy one as a replacement for your expensive and inconvenient second car?

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ChocolateFrog said:

It's no more than the cringeworthy clickbait title deserves.

Still got your attention

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Type R Tom said:

Whilst I think it's a good idea for a cheap local journey car to be electric, it does little to solve the congestion issues in our town and cities. Many of these short journeys should convert to other methods.

Unless of course, we are happy to have congestion just without poor air quality.

Unless motorists are priced out their cars onto "affordable" public transport instead?

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Register1 said:

And who is going to say no to this beauty

Not at £2,500,000 each thanks

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jjwilde said:

I mean isn't the Tesla Roadster2 only like £120k and has 620 miles of range?

Absolute bargain - I'll apply for a mortgage

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ZesPak said:

bigothunter said:

Absolute bargain - I'll apply for a mortgage

Tbh I thought the roadster was going to be more like 200k...

Why would I want to spend £120k on any road car especially a Tesla?

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ZesPak said:

Because you can't afford millions but still want to embarrass supercars?

I can do that for much less money on race circuits. Playing silly buggers on our slow highways is not very sensible and can easily end in tears.

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jjwilde said:

bigothunter said:

ZesPak said:

Because you can't afford millions but still want to embarrass supercars?

I can do that for much less money on race circuits. Playing silly buggers on our slow highways is not very sensible and can easily end in tears.

So which car, for much less money, would embarrass a Roadster2?

You've inverted the question

Have you shared circuits with supercars? They are hardly ever driven properly. But there was Caparo T1 at Snetterton which was incredibly quick. We GPS clock over 150mph in a junk saloon on Bentley Straight but this Caparo was doing over 180mph.

No way could I stay with that road legal thing. But I'm sure Tesla Roadster2 would make mincemeat of it

Edited by bigothunter on Thursday 4th March 18:49

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ZesPak said:

Strange place this is.

Does 0-60 in sub 2 seconds, the quarter mile in sub NINE, for about the price of a nice 911.

But oh no! It's a Tesla! Too bad!

It's official - Tesla Roadster2 will break the outright road car lap record of 6:43.616 around the Nordschleife

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-roadster-all-time-...

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hyphen said:

bigothunter said:

It's official - Tesla Roadster2 will break the outright road car lap record of 6:43.616 around the Nordschleife

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-roadster-all-time-...

That article is from 2019. Its 2021, has it done it yet...

No and SpaceX Starship blew up again yesterday

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ZesPak said:

gregs656 said:

Interesting use of the words 'make' and 'does'

Agreed, but bigothunter was talking about the hypothetical of buying it so I went with that. In fact, bigothunter is making the case for them not producing it. After all, it's silly, unnecessary and worst of all... A Tesla.

So I must be anti-Tesla and even anti-EV Or is it just anti all this bullst?

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Ambleton said:

There are plenty of "heavy quads" coming to the market or on the market already in Europe to try and reduce inner city congestion.

I think they're a good idea. Is you reduce the space a car takes up by 1/3rd then in a congested city in theory you can get 1/3rd more cars on any stretch of road.

If citrien ever uprated uprated Ami so it had a top speed if around 50 instead of 30 then it could well take off here.

I like the look of the MicroLino and would probably get one if they brought them over here.

It's an electrified BMW Isetta from !955