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“Whether you hate me, like me or are indifferent, do you want the best car, or do you not want the best car?” [Apartheid Manchild] told audiences at an event in November.
Well, for starters I don’t want a car at all. I’d rather use public transit. You know, an actually effective means of reducing emissions.
If I were in the market, yes, I would want the best car. Which is why I’d never buy a Tesla. I’d buy an XPeng or a BYD or the like.
If you want a new car and you want it to be electric, I’d go with a small car made by Hyundai or BYD.
That’s the most sensible purchase financially and environmentally imo.
Eh… A Chinese car is more environmentally sensible? You’re kidding, right?
Say “I have no idea what I’m talking about” without using those words. Chinese EVs are leading-edge stuff.
YSK that Amnesty International just released a report about human rights in the battery supply chain. BYD was dead last.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/10/human-rights-ranking-electric-vehicle-industry/
Besides, as a practical matter, BYD is simply not available in many markets.
I don’t actually care about “many markets”. I care about the market I’m in. Which, if I were actually in the market for a car at all, would be one where BYD and XPeng (and a cast of hundreds more) is a perfectly viable and available option.
This is why I said “if I were in the market” and “I’d buy an XPeng or a BYD”.
If you’re in a market where those aren’t available, you buy a non-Tesla that’s in your market. This is sort of how it works.
I have full confidence their reported numbers for emissions are lower than industry average.