The US government wants consumers to think Chinese cars are a threat, but Ford CEO Jim Farley has a lot of good things to say about his competitors.

Instead of blocking Chinese brands, let them to set up domestic factories — like Toyota and Honda did.

https://disconnect.blog/what-we-get-wrong-about-the-supposed-threat-of-chinese-evs/

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What we get wrong about the supposed threat of Chinese EVs

Recent comments by Ford CEO Jim Farley give a more honest picture of why Chinese EV makers are leading

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}

Latest comic: Electric vehicles gone wrong

I'm fine with the soft, whirring spaceship sounds that some EVs emit as a safety feature to alert people that they're moving. The new Dodge Charger EV comes with a deafening 126 dB roar, which is just plain obnoxious.

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Nice that you can get 50 amp charging from a carpark in America. In Australia it's 15 amp. But you're right about the complexity. Reminds me of the early days of PCs, juggling fiddly plugs and X not being compatible with Y. Now at last we have the USB plug.

I guess each of the many charging companies hopes their system will ultimately become the dominant one, and if a bit of technology is good, more must be better. (It isn't).

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