I don't really know anything about the EU other than they have a lot of regulations. I'll probably never go there.
These cars exist and have been sold in Thailand and Indonesia for the past few months, there are tons of videos about them on Youtube. Most people on Lemmy live in places where Chinese EVs are illegal and have no idea what we have available now. These are just typical cheap EVs with a retractable panel on top.
It is the Solarky SunV, it has an aluminum frame and plastic panels. It probably wouldn't pass safety inspections in EU/US and is really designed as a step up from motor bikes in places like Thailand and where I live in Mexico. I think the safety regulations and requirements for people in sprawl cities like the US are overkill for most of the rest of the world. I've had people on lemmy tell me that 200 km range isn't enough but that is around how much I drive in a week lol. I never need it to go highway speeds, there are no highways thru my city only connecting to the next and for that I'd prefer the bus. For puttering around to my friends house or to grab something from the store I can't walk to it would be perfect. I have a BYD Dolphin now.
Why are people on lemmy all such losers?
I'm pretty happy with President Sheinbaum. Don't blame the world for your problems. I also don't think the US had better leadership while it was literally lynching black people but what do I know
USAmericans, Maybe Australia (never been there) have the most ridiculous needs, in most places on earth this isn't logistically challenging. My country is designed like shit but I don't ever need to drive more than 300km in a single day, the US owns that crown of absolutely ridiculous and unmanageable sprawl. can easily go 250 KM and have a quarter charge left over. I live in a house with solar and I installed a charger for the car. When I bring it to my friends house I can plug it in on their wall charger and it makes a significant boost if I was ever worried about getting back, which I never am.
I had a Hyundai gas car about 15 years ago and it was a piece of shit and I would never buy another Hyundai anything.
I love my BYD Dolphin Mini and I think a Hyundai anything would be a downgrade lol
US elections are not by popular vote, it is by district vote and the districts are redrawn every election cycle giving the ability to rig the elections. This is by design to maintain slavery and is still used today. Even if every undecided voter in California voted for Kamala and she had 2 million more votes than Trump, Like Hilary did, she would have still lost.
I painted my walls the color I liked 🤷
I invested all my money in Itchy and Scratchy money
I love my BYD Dolphin Mini. It never occurred to me to look at a US made electric car lol
I actually like the kind on the left but the pavement is too uneven here to ride either