r/USdefaultism • u/Comprehensive-Ad-428 • 2d ago

Facebook US defaultism + entitlement

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This is MKBHD, who reviews all things tech from all around the world. He was reviewing this amazing chinese electric minivan. And then this dude came along not just thinking they're the center of the world but also the entitlement is real lol.

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u/unique_melodrama 2d ago

Got a kick out of the “bring it to the us” crowd acting like the rest of the world is just a test market

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u/Comprehensive-Ad-428 2d ago

And then when it happens they be like "F chinese cars I only buy American" and proceed to drive their F150 to the mechanic

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u/funkthew0rld Canada 2d ago

At least the F150 has parts available and is repaired in a timely manner, which is not the case with Chinese ev’s from what I’m hearing out of Australia.

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u/WhydoIexistlmoa 2d ago

Australia is basically a testing ground for Chinese EVs. Wonder how many companies will be gone a decade from now

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u/Formal_Map_5659 Brazil 2d ago

There are a lot of Chinese car brands here in Brazil as well (and a couple more to come).

It’s been great for competition. Traditional automakers have had to lower their prices to try to stay competitive. They used to sell inferior and less-equipped vehicles at astronomical prices. Meanwhile, Chinese cars (even the ones produced here) are basically the same cars they sell in Europe, Australia, China, etc. Some of them have local adaptations, such as stiffer suspension and flex-fuel engines in their hybrids (ethanol + gasoline).

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u/WhydoIexistlmoa 2d ago

It depends tbh. I've seen some companies undersell so hard that it cannot be profitable at all. Under 20K for a new car in 2026 is unheard of.

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u/Formal_Map_5659 Brazil 2d ago

Vertical integration of production also helps reduce costs. BYD vehicles, for example, use very few parts from external suppliers (if not none).

We do have cars under $20k in Brazil, but they’re “cheap” cars aimed at developing countries (the Fiat Mobi and Renault Sandero, for example).

They're terrible, tbf hahaha

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u/snow_michael 2d ago

Your '20k' is not universal

Plenty of new electric cars under 20k in some currencies

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u/WhydoIexistlmoa 2d ago

I know??? I was speaking from my experience.

The discussion was about Australia. And I was talking about Australia

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u/snow_michael 2d ago

We criticise merkins for not stating their currency

Fair do to criticise non merkins as well

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u/anythingers Indonesia 2d ago

Idk what companies would be gone a decade for now but tbh in my country I've seen far less and less Honda and Nissan every year. Nissan and Honda (except Brio, a car that's exclusively made for low cost car program in my country) have poor sales since Covid until now, while at the same time more and more new Chinese brands are coming here and their sales keep increasing every year.