Affordable…but no mention of prices.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/chinese-ev-canada-9.7270657
It’s expected to cost less than $35,000 Cdn.
There’s still no mention of price tag, just that it’ll cost less than 35k based on what the import agreement stipulates (i.e. half* the quota of EVs cost less than 35k and half more).
So this will be part of the under 35k quota
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A $35k SUV would be crazy if true. Only missing detail is how reliably they run and repair here.
The Chevy Bolt isn’t bad
Nice! You love to see more competition!
And the propaganda goes on … the first Chinese EVs have already arrived in Canada, and they have price tags between 120,000 tp 160,000 …
Dongfeng will not arrive this year. And even the official agreement between Canada and China in January says,
With this agreement, it is also anticipated that, in five years, more than 50% of these vehicles will be affordable EVs …
It is anticipated (not legally binding), and within 5 years.
But Donfeng had a VIP cocktail in Montreal and they need some advertising.
That’s a lot of salt jus to say “these EVs haven’t really arrived yet, not expected to be sold in 2026” (that’s literally the first thing the guy says in the video)
The first to be allowed was a Lotus. Who cares. Very few people will buy such a niche car.
The first China-made car in Canada in this deal was Tesla, and they will have the largest share of the first batch of 24,500 cars.
Gross. People should not support a Nazi.
Yeah, people shouldn’t support any dictatorship.
You seem really disappointed at not having more low-cost Chinese EVs in Canada sooner. Me too. Many are.
There is no reason to buy a car made by forced labour, no matter how cheap it is.
I think market-specific branding would help Chinese companies in the west.
Because Scion sold so well right?
I’d guess people will get used to the brand names. Hyundai was like that too. Most people will eventually settle on some bastardized pronunciation of the name, like this guy.
Most reasonable people won’t care, but I think a measurable percentage would be turned off by it, which you don’t want when entering a market.
It’s easy to drive a Merc, Benz, Bimmer, Chevy, Ford, or V-dub.
It’s harder (heh) to say “whoa he’s drives a Dong”
“I’ll be there in 5 minutes, look for a black Dong”
Idk maybe it’s easier after all.
Won’t be an issue 10 years in and global brand value is more important, especially when entering a market to compete on price rather than on prestige.
“did you see that Dong run the light?”
I have no idea how to pronounce it correctly. Hi-oon-day? I say hun-day
Rhymes with Sunday and pronounce the first Y.
Everybody worldwide knows about BYD.
