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US to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs next week (www.arenaev.com)

submitted 6 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I wonder how repairable and maintainable these will be as compared to EV's from other markets and if replacement batteries will be available as the original ones reach the end of their useful life.

If these concerns end up being valid, and the tariffs are large enough that these cars aren't priced particularly competitively, that'd be enough for this EV consumer to pass it up for his next vehicle. Will be interested to see how it plays out.

Edit: Wanted to say I'm not against Chinese EV's. If it ends up making sense to get one, I will.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, after-sales support would be my main concern as well. How support, maintenance, repairs, and warranty claims work.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Presumably the manufacturers of these things would have to set up a dealer network in the US of some sort in order to be competitive at all. Otherwise, these will be completely dead in the water with US buyers. Plastic crap from Temu and AliExpress is one thing, but I can tell you nobody will buy something as expensive as a car knowing it's completely unsupported.

Historically, importing Chinese vehicles has been a totally buyer-beware operation. You might get a short replacement parts only warranty from whoever the importer is if you're very lucky. Otherwise, you're on your own. Both finding the parts and doing the labor. I say this as an owner of three (3) Chinese motorcycles which have been fine enough machines for what they are, but never mind a warranty -- no mechanic's shop will touch them even if you're willing to pay. So I do my own work on them.

But cheap motorcycles are way less complex than a full sized electric car.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

in order to legally sell new cars in the US you have to supply replacement parts for a decade, last I heard.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Parts, sure. So, after a 3 month shipping wait from China you get a replacement battery or drive unit dropped at the end of your driveway on a pallet. Now what?

I don't think any buyers other than maybe the guy who runs the Aging Wheels channel are going to be willing to take apart their own Chinese EV and do major repairs to it. If no one works on it, or if they open a perfunctory couple of service centers that are all conveniently thousands of miles away from where you live, that's not going to do you much good.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 5 points 6 months ago

Yes but like OP said the labor is the problem. You have to have shops willing to work on them unless you're willing and ready to work on them yourself.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 months ago

Its the Ticktok trend

[–] NoLifeGaming@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Hmm yes true capitalism. Shun those you can't compete with

[–] moon@lemmy.cafe 3 points 6 months ago

Car makers can't be bothered to compete so they lobbied (bribed) the government to just ban the competition.

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