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Why They Don’t Want You Driving a Chinese Car
(www.currentaffairs.org)
cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/49178
I took my first ride in a Chinese car recently. Not in the U.S., of course, since sky-high tariffs have made them almost impossible to import. I was visiting family in the U.K., and we rented a BYD Sealion SUV. And let me tell you: I saw immediately why American car companies are desperate to have these things kept out of this country. It was elegantly designed, incredibly comfortable, and a smooth ride.
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I'll stick with Hyundai for now but if BYD becomes available in Canada, I wouldn't mind giving it a try.
Hyundai/Kia have a major problem with the integrated charge control units that they're basically refusing to provide a long-term solution for. If it fails in one car, they just replace it with an identical module and hope it doesn't happen again. But the root cause has not been addressed.
https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-recalls-defects/hyundai-ioniq-kia-iccu-failure-tesla-a3038878758/
i think they've offered a lifetime warranty in Germany on this item?
what cluster fick though
to be fair i have had the tbox fail in my BYD, can still drive it though, just lose in car maps ams connected services
I bought my Hyundai used, a 2019 Kona base edition, back in 2023. Haven't had any issues with it so far.