thats the CCP mandated stuff. the Chinese people have to comply or they get destroyed.
and wed do well to be aware of it.
but the truth is, the Chinese people themselves are innovating and building faster than anyone else on the planet right now.
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Ya, I mean both things can be true. But, taking the surveillance out of it, I wouldn't trust chinese software (or anyone else's) to be reliable enough to keep all these fancy bells and whistles working.
That said, I don't understand why we can't have EVs that have an engine to charge/expand range. That just seems like a no brainer to me.
On the other side of the coin, I wish the US could also have dead simple vehicles that are affordable and reliable. We're getting the shit end of the deal both ways.