What’s stopping the chinks from copying Tesla electric cars

>>17225691
copyright laws

>>17225691
Battery fires

>>17225721
>China
>giving a fuck about copyright laws
???

>>17225691
the fact the chinks suck at trying to make their own version of things unless someone tells them exactly how to do it

>>17225721
>chinks caring about western copyright laws

>>17225691
Because the chinks make cheap batteries and Tesla has other things such as supercharging stations.

>>17225736
>>17225737
why would anybody in china give a fuck about copying meme electric cars for their domestic market? the west are the only ones who give a fuck

>>17225691
chink batteries have a lifespan about 1/50th of that of the cheapest western made batteries.

>>17225691
Lack of a market.

>>17225721
>“Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.”
-Elon Musk

cheap shitty BMS' that catch fire
teslas catch fire but only when you basically punch a hole straight through the battery pack

all those hoveboard fires recently? chinese battery management systems that don't manage their batteries = burn baby burn

>>17225754
actually the chinese government is pushing really really hard towards EVs to clear smog out of cities, you get a ton of benefits for getting an EV over there but the charging infrastructure is basically ass so people are kind of torn on it

>>17225691
Because Tesla is a luxury brand

If the Chinese want to copy it, they're probably going to cut corners on the luxury components first, putting it out of competition with Tesla.

>>17227027
>luxury
nah, just expensive

modern chinese cars have the interior of a 90s hyundai.

>>17225691
>What’s stopping the chinks from copying Tesla electric cars and selling them on the cheap?

Battery capacity. It is very easy to verify the charge and distance driven. The chinese can provide false numbers on the displays of course so that if you are driving, the first 70% usage of charge looks nice and slow, so you think that the last 30% still has enough to get you home. But then, 29% occurs after 1 minute of driving. 28% occurs in the next 50 seconds. It drops to 27% after 40 seconds. It drops to 25% in 30 seconds. It drops to 20% remaining in 30 seconds. It now drops to 15% in 20 more seconds. And it then drops to 10% remaining 20 more seconds.

I've exaggerated the falloff, but I suspect the chinese gauges will be like that in order to make people think better of their cars. After all, most people will not bring their car down to 30% remaining after the warranty cautions the chinese issue with the cars on battery longevity.

By doing that, the chinese can ruthlessly also prorate the battery warranty each time the user lets the charge drop below 90% remaining. <-- that number is another exaggeration to illustrate yet another method the chinese can reduce your warranty coverage.

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>>17227044
>luxury
Example of chinese luxury

2016 Trumpchi GA8 Luxury Sedan $45200

>>17227248

>picture of interior taken from the back seat
>extreme closeup of dash

Please go and stay go, Cheng

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>>17227027
>Luxury

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>>17227283
There was an executive seat option, but hardly anyone bought it since 99% of people only have their kids or very rarely their friends in the back time to time, and having a folding seat and a massive amount of cargo space is more useful

>ITT: Dumbshits who know jack about the car

Proprietary software

>>17225721
Tesla released their patents.

>>17226964
What produces more smog. A shitty 1 liter engine, or an electric car burning to the ground?